The information collected by both Google on Android phones and Apple on iPhone has been in question for a long time. This causes that there are people who try to limit this data as much as possible and look for ways to prevent the mobile from listening to us and thus being able to learn more about us. All this has led a group of experts to conduct a study.
It has taken into account the amount of data that both companies collect from users with different methods, which pass from the phone to the databases of both companies without us being able to do practically anything to avoid it. In most cases it is not relevant data, although we are already being part of a large amount of data throughout the planet earth.
Google collects up to 20 times more data than Apple
This headline is the one that some media have used after the study by Douglas Leith of Trinity College was released , which shows how Google is capable of receiving data from smartphones even without having logged in with a Google account. On the other hand, Apple also has access to data, but nevertheless, when it boasts privacy, they do so with some reason when compared to Android terminals.
In both cases, iPhone and Android mobiles collect data from apps and the system, it was surprising that data is still being obtained at times when the mobile is completely inactive , so our mobile is under constant study and even if it does not have access to a Wi-Fi or mobile data connection, as you can get and communicate them later.
How much data do mobiles collect?
Chrome, YouTube, Google Docs, the clock or even the message app with up to 1MB of data. In contrast, iOS devices get information from Siri, Safari in iCloud, weighing around 42 KB, which is a significant difference.
At the moment of inactivity for smartphones, Android mobiles continue to obtain 1 MB approximately every 12 hours, while Apple obtains about 52 KB in the same period. If we extrapolate this data to a whole country like the United States, we find more than 1 TB of information in 12 hours from Google and only 5 GB of data from Apple.
Google disagrees with the study
After this investigation was publicly known, the Google company informed those responsible that this data that is obtained is essential to keep its software updated and verify that everything works correctly . In addition, he made it known that the methodological was not appropriate, insisting once again that the data is merely informative about the status of the terminal, the components and the software.
Source> Arstechnica
