Google sparks privacy outrage by quietly linking phone numbers to secondary accounts on Android phones —…
- Android devices have started automatically linking your phone number to all signed-in Google accounts
- This is a privacy issue for anyone with multiple accounts who doesn't want their phone number linked to secondary ones
- You can toggle this feature off, but some users claim it reverts back anyway
Google has never exactly been a bastion of privacy, but its reputation has just taken another hit with a controversial new Android default — it's just started automatically linking your phone number(s) to all signed-in Google accounts on your Android device.
As spotted by Reddit user Nanosinx, Google Play Services has started automatically verifying your phone number and linking it across your signed in Google accounts — so if you have secondary accounts on your Android phone, perhaps for work or throwaway ones, these may now have your number linked to them.
As a phone number is quite private and...
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