Google is silently linking your phone number across all signed-in accounts(androidauthority.com)
501 points by Brajeshwar 1 day ago | 145 comments
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HN Discussion:
  • ↑Google is uniquely aggressive in anti-privacy practices and deanonymizing users
  • ↑Phone numbers have become de facto internet IDs, which is unacceptable overreach by websites
  • ↑Google's monopoly across ad tech, OS, browser, and email makes this behavior inevitable and warrants regulation
  • ↑Users deserve to keep separate accounts isolated for security and work/life separation
  • ↑Personal caution and workarounds (avoiding Google services, GrapheneOS) are necessary to protect against linking