I don't remember why I did it, but I created a Samsung account, probably
I thought it would be useful or helpful. But then I got pestered for
ages about agreeing to new terms and conditions. Eventually I signed in
and agreed to them because there was no way to stop the
notifications. Then I got pestered with notices about logging into my >account, although it wasn't me, it was the phone. I've now deleted my
Samsung account but I wonder what the point of it was, and why I
couldn't turn of notifications? I would ask Samsung but it seems they
don't like people contacting them.
I don't remember why I did it, but I created a Samsung account, probably
I thought it would be useful or helpful. But then I got pestered for
ages about agreeing to new terms and conditions. Eventually I signed in
and agreed to them because there was no way to stop the
notifications. Then I got pestered with notices about logging into my account, although it wasn't me, it was the phone. I've now deleted my
Samsung account but I wonder what the point of it was, and why I
couldn't turn of notifications? I would ask Samsung but it seems they
don't like people contacting them.
Of course it's up to you if you want/need any of these services.
Thank you for your foresight, Samsung!
Since I have no accounts on my phone (for privacy reasons), I asked
the question over on XDA long ago of what good the Samstung Store
was.
Everyone has different reasons, as with Frank & the Samsung Cloud or
AJL in the case of just doing everything that he's told by
marketing...
On 3/13/2024 10:50 AM, Andrew wrote:
Since I have no accounts on my phone (for privacy reasons), I asked
the question over on XDA long ago of what good the Samstung Store
was.
Everyone has different reasons, as with Frank & the Samsung Cloud or
AJL in the case of just doing everything that he's told by
marketing...
Got that wrong. Samsung marketing certainly didn't instruct me to sign
in with fake credentials. But the fake credentials did give me access
to the Samsung Store which I didn't have before. However so far I've
not seen anything I need or that I haven't already gotten from the
(gasp) Google Play Store. Scary, huh Arlen... 8-O
Samsung should decide what they want to do, replace google or leave
it to google, it's a bit half-way house at the moment.
The store quite often says there are updates and then says it cannot
update because the apps are from google. So why bother to notify?
On 3/13/2024 1:08 PM, Richmond wrote:
Samsung should decide what they want to do, replace google or leave
it to google, it's a bit half-way house at the moment.
I think competition is good. I'm glad to have 2 stores to pick from.
The store quite often says there are updates and then says it cannot
update because the apps are from google. So why bother to notify?
Yup. Things can get confusing. Just go to the Play Store and update
it.
I have another similar situation:
I have several Amazon Fire tablets that I sideloaded the Google Play
Store on. And sometimes the Google Play Store wants to update the
Amazon AppStore apps and the Amazon AppStore wants to update the
Google Play Store apps. Complicated. I solved it by not allowing
either store to automatically update any apps and do just it manually
as needed.
The Amazon Fire OS is an older forked version of Android and so its
AppStore apps are often older versions of the same apps the Play Store
has. Thus sometimes I don't want the newer version updates.
IMO the Amazon tablets are the best in their price class and their
only fault was in lacking Google's facilities (like Gmail, the Chrome browser, etc.).
BTW If anyone is interested in the conversion, Google it (of course).
It's very easy to do, just downloading 4 files and installing them...
On 3/13/24 7:12 AM, Richmond wrote:
I don't remember why I did it, but I created a Samsung account, probably
I thought it would be useful or helpful. But then I got pestered for
ages about agreeing to new terms and conditions. Eventually I signed in
and agreed to them because there was no way to stop the
notifications. Then I got pestered with notices about logging into my >>account, although it wasn't me, it was the phone. I've now deleted my >>Samsung account but I wonder what the point of it was, and why I
couldn't turn of notifications? I would ask Samsung but it seems they
don't like people contacting them.
I'm posting this with a Samsung Galaxy S9FE tablet which I recently
acquired. Likewise it kept bugging me to turn on the Samsung account. I
have a Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone so I went through the same thing with it
some years back. My solution was to use my fake name and email and sign in
then, and so did it again with this tablet. No more bugging and everything
is working fine. If you can't fight it, join it... ;)
AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:
On 3/13/24 7:12 AM, Richmond wrote:
I don't remember why I did it, but I created a Samsung account, probably >>> I thought it would be useful or helpful. But then I got pestered for
ages about agreeing to new terms and conditions. Eventually I signed in
and agreed to them because there was no way to stop the
notifications. Then I got pestered with notices about logging into my
account, although it wasn't me, it was the phone. I've now deleted my
Samsung account but I wonder what the point of it was, and why I
couldn't turn of notifications? I would ask Samsung but it seems they
don't like people contacting them.
I'm posting this with a Samsung Galaxy S9FE tablet which I recently
acquired. Likewise it kept bugging me to turn on the Samsung account. I
have a Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone so I went through the same thing with it >> some years back. My solution was to use my fake name and email and sign in >> then, and so did it again with this tablet. No more bugging and everything >> is working fine. If you can't fight it, join it... ;)
The notifications are via e-mail instead of SMS text?
AJL <noemail@none.com> writes:
On 3/13/2024 1:08 PM, Richmond wrote:
Samsung should decide what they want to do, replace google or leave
it to google, it's a bit half-way house at the moment.
I think competition is good. I'm glad to have 2 stores to pick from.
The store quite often says there are updates and then says it cannot
update because the apps are from google. So why bother to notify?
Yup. Things can get confusing. Just go to the Play Store and update
it.
I can't because the playstore has an older version.
I have another similar situation:
I have several Amazon Fire tablets that I sideloaded the Google Play
Store on. And sometimes the Google Play Store wants to update the
Amazon AppStore apps and the Amazon AppStore wants to update the
Google Play Store apps. Complicated. I solved it by not allowing
either store to automatically update any apps and do just it manually
as needed.
The Amazon Fire OS is an older forked version of Android and so its
AppStore apps are often older versions of the same apps the Play Store
has. Thus sometimes I don't want the newer version updates.
IMO the Amazon tablets are the best in their price class and their
only fault was in lacking Google's facilities (like Gmail, the Chrome
browser, etc.).
BTW If anyone is interested in the conversion, Google it (of course).
It's very easy to do, just downloading 4 files and installing them...
I've been down that road and decided against it. You have to be very
trustful of those things you are downloading and installing, and you
have to include google play services or apps which use it will become
slow.
On 3/13/2024 2:14 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:
On 3/13/24 7:12 AM, Richmond wrote:
I don't remember why I did it, but I created a Samsung account,
probably I thought it would be useful or helpful. But then I got
pestered for ages about agreeing to new terms and
conditions. Eventually I signed in and agreed to them because there
was no way to stop the notifications. Then I got pestered with
notices about logging into my account, although it wasn't me, it
was the phone. I've now deleted my Samsung account but I wonder
what the point of it was, and why I couldn't turn of notifications?
I would ask Samsung but it seems they don't like people contacting
them.
I'm posting this with a Samsung Galaxy S9FE tablet which I recently
acquired. Likewise it kept bugging me to turn on the Samsung
account. I have a Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone so I went through the
same thing with it some years back. My solution was to use my fake
name and email and sign in then, and so did it again with this
tablet. No more bugging and everything is working fine. If you
can't fight it, join it... ;)
The notifications are via e-mail instead of SMS text?
For me the "bugging" was through various popups on the device. So far
no email on my fake account after my latest sign-in and no text since
they don't have my phone number. Dunno about Richmond...
As far as I remember they were notifications, but when I went into the notifications options they were not listed so I couldn't block them or
see what app they were coming from. I have now created a new account
If that works you'll be back to the one Google store which I think is
what you want?
AJL wrote on Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:24:34 -0700 :
And yet, since marketing tells people what to do and they do it, I'm sure there are millions of Samsung Accounts gathering data every single day.
I just happen to not want to trade my privacy for what marketing wants me
to do (and which I can get, anyway, without trading it for my privacy).
AJL <noemail@none.com> writes:
On 3/13/2024 2:14 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:
On 3/13/24 7:12 AM, Richmond wrote:
I don't remember why I did it, but I created a Samsung account,
probably I thought it would be useful or helpful. But then I got
pestered for ages about agreeing to new terms and
conditions. Eventually I signed in and agreed to them because there
was no way to stop the notifications. Then I got pestered with
notices about logging into my account, although it wasn't me, it
was the phone. I've now deleted my Samsung account but I wonder
what the point of it was, and why I couldn't turn of notifications?
I would ask Samsung but it seems they don't like people contacting
them.
I'm posting this with a Samsung Galaxy S9FE tablet which I recently
acquired. Likewise it kept bugging me to turn on the Samsung
account. I have a Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone so I went through the
same thing with it some years back. My solution was to use my fake
name and email and sign in then, and so did it again with this
tablet. No more bugging and everything is working fine. If you
can't fight it, join it... ;)
The notifications are via e-mail instead of SMS text?
For me the "bugging" was through various popups on the device. So far
no email on my fake account after my latest sign-in and no text since
they don't have my phone number. Dunno about Richmond...
As far as I remember they were notifications, but when I went into the notifications options they were not listed so I couldn't block them or
see what app they were coming from. I have now created a new account...
(What is a fake account? if you have access to the email then it isn't
fake?)
And yet, since marketing tells people what to do and they do it, I'm sure
there are millions of Samsung Accounts gathering data every single day.
Do you use a credit card? Go to the doctor? Have a bank account? Have a
cell phone? Etc etc. Unless you live in a cave your life is already
online. Samsung is just one of hundreds... (And worse, unlike Samsung,
my bank, doctor, CC, etc all know my real name)... 8-O
I just happen to not want to trade my privacy for what marketing wants me
to do (and which I can get, anyway, without trading it for my privacy).
Online privacy in the modern world?? I could have total privacy by
putting on the blinders too...
AJL wrote on Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:38:15 -0700 :
And yet, since marketing tells people what to do and they do it, I'm sure >>> there are millions of Samsung Accounts gathering data every single day.
Do you use a credit card? Go to the doctor? Have a bank account? Have a
cell phone? Etc etc. Unless you live in a cave your life is already
online. Samsung is just one of hundreds... (And worse, unlike Samsung,
my bank, doctor, CC, etc all know my real name)... 8-O
I've heard many people say that privacy is too hard for them, so I believe that you gave up long ago
I just happen to not want to trade my privacy for what marketing wants me >>> to do (and which I can get, anyway, without trading it for my privacy).
Online privacy in the modern world?? I could have total privacy by
putting on the blinders too...
It's easy to be a serf of marketing. Takes nothing. No effort. No brains. It's a lot harder not to be one.
If you can list something of value in having a Samsung Account that is
worth the loss in privacy, I'm all ears as I've asked for that long ago.
I've heard many people say that privacy is too hard for them, so I believe >> that you gave up long ago
Gave up? No. I do conceal my ID when possible and/or necessary. And I
noticed that you conveniently avoided commenting on your un-private
online profile (CC, doctor, bank, phone, etc etc.). Understood.
I just happen to not want to trade my privacy for what marketing wants me >>>> to do (and which I can get, anyway, without trading it for my privacy). >>>Online privacy in the modern world?? I could have total privacy by
putting on the blinders too...
It's easy to be a serf of marketing. Takes nothing. No effort. No brains.
It's a lot harder not to be one.
If you can list something of value in having a Samsung Account that is
worth the loss in privacy, I'm all ears as I've asked for that long ago.
In my case it was mainly a Samsung tablet pop-up stopper with the added advantage of having the Samsung app store made available. As to privacy,
AJL has never complained about its loss to me...
AJL wrote on Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:19:51 -0700 :
I noticed that you conveniently avoided commenting on your
un-private online profile (CC, doctor, bank, phone, etc etc.).
Understood.
Your argument is absurd for two reasons that should have been
obvious. 1. You're comparing the utility of a doctor bank and CC to a
Samsung app? (that's preposterous)
2. You're assuming I have a CC on my phone, a banking app on my
phone, a credit card on my phone, etc.). I do not. Nor on the
Internet.
If someone wants to hack into that information, they'll have to get
it directly from my doctor,
So I get it that you're butt hurt that I said you aren't thinking.
But comparing the utility of a Samsung Account to a Doctor's Visit is
not going to impress me that you're making good decisions. It's just
not.
Give me an argument that makes sense and I'm all ears.
In my case it was mainly a Samsung tablet pop-up stopper with the
added advantage of having the Samsung app store made available. As
to privacy, AJL has never complained about its loss to me...
OK. I still maintain that if you can find something inside the
Samsung Account that is worth the loss of privacy, I'd be all ears if
it made sense (as I asked the same question the first time I got a
Samsung years ago).
AJL wrote on Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:19:51 -0700 :
I've heard many people say that privacy is too hard for them, so I believe >> that you gave up long ago
Gave up? No. I do conceal my ID when possible and/or necessary. And I noticed that you conveniently avoided commenting on your un-private
online profile (CC, doctor, bank, phone, etc etc.). Understood.
Your argument is absurd for two reasons that should have been obvious.
1. You're comparing the utility of a doctor bank and CC to a Samsung app?
(that's preposterous)
2. You're assuming I have a CC on my phone, a banking app on my phone,
a credit card on my phone, etc.). I do not. Nor on the Internet.
If someone wants to hack into that information, they'll have to get it directly from my doctor, my bank and my credit card company.
On 3/13/2024 4:51 PM, Andrew wrote:
AJL wrote on Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:38:15 -0700 :
And yet, since marketing tells people what to do and they do it, I'm sure >>> there are millions of Samsung Accounts gathering data every single day. >>Do you use a credit card? Go to the doctor? Have a bank account? Have a
cell phone? Etc etc. Unless you live in a cave your life is already
online. Samsung is just one of hundreds... (And worse, unlike Samsung,
my bank, doctor, CC, etc all know my real name)... 8-O
I've heard many people say that privacy is too hard for them, so I believe that you gave up long ago
Gave up? No. I do conceal my ID when possible and/or necessary. And I
noticed that you conveniently avoided commenting on your un-private
online profile (CC, doctor, bank, phone, etc etc.). Understood.
If you can list something of value in having a Samsung Account that is worth the loss in privacy, I'm all ears as I've asked for that long ago.
In my case it was mainly a Samsung tablet pop-up stopper with the added advantage of having the Samsung app store made available. As to privacy,
AJL has never complained about its loss to me...
Ah, perhaps that is the answer to my question. Perhaps I created an
account to access the Samsung store.
I am using the Samsung phone app
because it is the only way to switch on wifi calling (that I know
about). I guess without a Samsung account, Samsung apps won't ever be updated.
Face it, as AJL hints at, that information is just on a *different*
server - than Samsung's, Google's, etc. ad infinitum - over which you
*also* have *absolutely no* control.
But the simplest way is probably: On the home or app screen, swipe
down from the top till you get the panel with the function buttons such
as Sound, Airplane mode, Location, etc.. Swipe that panel to the left
several times, till you see the 'Wi-Fi Calling'. Tap it to toggle it
off.
Frank Slootweg wrote on 14 Mar 2024 15:15:08 GMT :
Face it, as AJL hints at, that information is just on a *different* server - than Samsung's, Google's, etc. ad infinitum - over which you *also* have *absolutely no* control.
I am nothing but logical, Frank. Hence I agree with your main premise.
Only a fool disagrees with a sensible logical premise. And I'm no fool.
Gave up? No. I do conceal my ID when possible and/or necessary. And I
noticed that you conveniently avoided commenting on your un-private
online profile (CC, doctor, bank, phone, etc etc.). Understood.
Yep. The old trick of ignoring what you can't counter. How pathetic.
Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
[...]
Ah, perhaps that is the answer to my question. Perhaps I created an
account to access the Samsung store.
You probably were asked to create the Samsung Account when you set
up the phone.
In my notes, it says that during setup there was a prompt to login
to my Samsung Account. That prompt probably also had a link to create
an account. (I already had a Samsung Account, because I bought the
phone with a cashback.)
I am using the Samsung phone app
because it is the only way to switch on wifi calling (that I know
about). I guess without a Samsung account, Samsung apps won't ever be
updated.
As Another Poster (TM) :-) said, you can switch off Wi-Fi calling in Settings.
But the simplest way is probably: On the home or app screen, swipe
down from the top till you get the panel with the function buttons
such as Sound, Airplane mode, Location, etc.. Swipe that panel to the
left several times, till you see the 'Wi-Fi Calling'. Tap it to toggle
it off.
Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> writes:[...]
I am using the Samsung phone app
because it is the only way to switch on wifi calling (that I know
about). I guess without a Samsung account, Samsung apps won't ever be
updated.
As Another Poster (TM) :-) said, you can switch off Wi-Fi calling in Settings.
Not in my settings. It may depend on the model. But it is in the
settings for the Samsung phone app.
I think it is strange that Samsung's Internet Browser is even in the
google store.
You dishonestly, 'conveniently' snip, without comment, you lose.
I think it is strange that Samsung's Internet Browser is even in the
google store.
Richmond wrote on Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:32:04 +0000 :
I think it is strange that Samsung's Internet Browser is even in the
google store.
My Samsung came with a 'default' browser which might have been the Samsung Internet browser you speak of, but what I did was uninstall it (and Chrome) on my non-rootable Galaxy and then I installed what I consider better browsers (not that I do much web browsing on a phone in the first place,
but I do have shortcuts set up to get online traffic without Google Maps).
*Ungoogled Chromium*
<https://uc.droidware.info/>
*Bromite*
<https://www.bromite.org/>
And others... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduckgo.mobile.android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.torbrowser https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ghostery.android.ghostery
I mostly use Firefox Focus with Javascript disabled.
When I search for Google Chrome in the Samsung store it finds Samsung >Internet.
Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> writes: [...]
I am using the Samsung phone
app because it is the only way to switch on wifi calling (that I
know about). I guess without a Samsung account, Samsung apps won't
ever be updated.
As Another Poster (TM) :-) said, you can switch off Wi-Fi calling
in Settings.
Not in my settings. It may depend on the model. But it is in the
settings for the Samsung phone app.
You're correct, I couldn't find it in Settings either. So apparently Another Poster (TM) was wrong. No surprise there, he's been wrong
before.
[...]
I think it is strange that Samsung's Internet Browser is even in the
google store.
Because people might want to put it on their non-Samsung phones
(which won't have the (Samsung) Galaxy Store).
On 3/14/24 2:08 PM, Richmond wrote:
I mostly use Firefox Focus with Javascript disabled.
If you use the Samsung browser you can disable both Javascript AND all cookies. Likewise with the Dolphin browser.
AJL <noemail@none.com> writes:
On 3/14/24 2:08 PM, Richmond wrote:
I mostly use Firefox Focus with Javascript disabled.
If you use the Samsung browser you can disable both Javascript AND all
cookies. Likewise with the Dolphin browser.
Did you read the privacy policy? "We care about your privacy. We
transfer data to up to 277 third party providers..." :?
On 3/14/24 3:03 PM, Richmond wrote:
AJL <noemail@none.com> writes:
On 3/14/24 2:08 PM, Richmond wrote:
I mostly use Firefox Focus with Javascript disabled.
If you use the Samsung browser you can disable both Javascript AND
all cookies. Likewise with the Dolphin browser.
Did you read the privacy policy? "We care about your privacy. We
transfer data to up to 277 third party providers..." :?
Are you Arlen in disguise? Sorry, an inside joke. All I use the
Samsung browser for is news reading. I leave the Javascript and
cookies off to kill the pop-ups and other junk but leave the text and
most still photos. If some alien computers are spying on what fake
name AJL is reading it really doesn't bother me too much. But then
AJL's paranoia level is pretty much nonexistant...
You're correct, I couldn't find it in Settings either. So apparently Another Poster (TM) was wrong. No surprise there, he's been wrong
before.
FACT:
The option to turn on (or off) Wi-Fi calling is on my Samsung phone.
<https://i.postimg.cc/4dgCbg1t/wificalling01.jpg>
Richmond wrote on Thu, 14 Mar 2024 21:08:52 +0000 :
I haven't found any way to create the shortcuts you mention
There are many tutorials on this newsgroup which explain every single step
in the process of creating one-tap shortcuts to all public activities
and, in this case, to URL/URI shortcuts for any web page you want to open.
All you do is use an intelligent browser that allows shortcut creation.
a. You open that browser to the web page (e.g., Google Maps Traffic)
b. You tap the GUI to make it into a desktop shortcut
c. You then move that shortcut to your maps folder.
A shortcut everyone should put on every phone in the house, for example, is
a shortcut to the nearest hospital, or to the closest first-aid station.
Another shortcut I use is a shortcut to people's homes that I visit sporadically - which Frank has discussed in detail in the past on this newsgroup - where you can use the Google Maps app to create that shortcut.
For example, I have a Google Maps shortcut to "Home" which I press anytime I'm anywhere & I want to figure out how to get home from there in one tap.
Shortcuts to web pages are trivial to make.
a. Any good web browser allows you to make them
b. Any good app (like Google Maps) allows you to make them
c. There are good apps which make them out of nothing more than a URL.
No sense in me repeating what has already been explained in great detail.
You can even make a shortcut to this Android web archive on the net. https://i.postimg.cc/fTppT16Q/newsgroup01.jpg
Just run a search for "one tap shortcuts" in the Android newsgroup archive.
<http://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android>
Website Shortcut, by Deltac Development (free, adfree, gsffree, rated 4.3)
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deltacdev.websiteshortcut>
I haven't found any way to create the shortcuts you mention
FACT:
The option to turn on (or off) Wi-Fi calling is on my Samsung phone.
<https://i.postimg.cc/4dgCbg1t/wificalling01.jpg>
It's on my phone now too. But it wasn't there before. Maybe it appeared
when it upgraded to android 14 last month.
When I search for Google Chrome in the Samsung store it finds Samsung >>Internet.
In my tablet's Samsung store I see 8 browsers to choose from. But you're
right, no Chrome browser. Probably a business decision. There's no Chrome
browser in the Amazon Appstore either...
Andrew <andrew@spam.net> writes:
Richmond wrote on Thu, 14 Mar 2024 21:08:52 +0000 :
I haven't found any way to create the shortcuts you mention
There are many tutorials on this newsgroup which explain every single step >> in the process of creating one-tap shortcuts to all public activities
and, in this case, to URL/URI shortcuts for any web page you want to open. >>
All you do is use an intelligent browser that allows shortcut creation.
a. You open that browser to the web page (e.g., Google Maps Traffic)
b. You tap the GUI to make it into a desktop shortcut
c. You then move that shortcut to your maps folder.
A shortcut everyone should put on every phone in the house, for example, is >> a shortcut to the nearest hospital, or to the closest first-aid station.
Another shortcut I use is a shortcut to people's homes that I visit
sporadically - which Frank has discussed in detail in the past on this
newsgroup - where you can use the Google Maps app to create that shortcut. >>
For example, I have a Google Maps shortcut to "Home" which I press anytime >> I'm anywhere & I want to figure out how to get home from there in one tap. >>
Shortcuts to web pages are trivial to make.
a. Any good web browser allows you to make them
b. Any good app (like Google Maps) allows you to make them
c. There are good apps which make them out of nothing more than a URL.
No sense in me repeating what has already been explained in great detail.
You can even make a shortcut to this Android web archive on the net.
https://i.postimg.cc/fTppT16Q/newsgroup01.jpg
Just run a search for "one tap shortcuts" in the Android newsgroup archive. >> <http://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android>
Website Shortcut, by Deltac Development (free, adfree, gsffree, rated 4.3) >> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deltacdev.websiteshortcut>
I meant the shortcut to the notifications history. I already have
shortcuts to google maps etc.
AJL <noemail@none.com> writes:
On 3/14/24 3:03 PM, Richmond wrote:
AJL <noemail@none.com> writes:
On 3/14/24 2:08 PM, Richmond wrote:
I mostly use Firefox Focus with Javascript disabled.
If you use the Samsung browser you can disable both Javascript AND
all cookies. Likewise with the Dolphin browser.
Did you read the privacy policy? "We care about your privacy. We
transfer data to up to 277 third party providers..." :?
Are you Arlen in disguise? Sorry, an inside joke. All I use the
Samsung browser for is news reading. I leave the Javascript and
cookies off to kill the pop-ups and other junk but leave the text and
most still photos. If some alien computers are spying on what fake
name AJL is reading it really doesn't bother me too much. But then
AJL's paranoia level is pretty much nonexistant...
Not quite non existent if you are using a fake name. Did you walk into a
shop and pay cash for a second hand phone? buy your SIM card for 99p in
a supermarket?
AJL wrote on Thu, 14 Mar 2024 21:59:32 -0000 (UTC) :
When I search for Google Chrome in the Samsung store it finds Samsung >>>Internet.
In my tablet's Samsung store I see 8 browsers to choose from. But you're
right, no Chrome browser. Probably a business decision. There's no Chrome >> browser in the Amazon Appstore either...
I don't have an Amazon tablet but a search says you can install Chrome. ><https://metager.org/meta/meta.ger3?eingabe=chrome%20browser%20amazon%20store>
Some of the hits...
https://youtu.be/bSRosZb9XiQ
https://www.alphr.com/chrome-kindle-fire/ https://www.technipages.com/amazon-fire-how-to-install-google-chrome-via-apk-file/
I found this:
https://comp.mobile.android.narkive.com/mQa9oT8L/tutorial-how-to-make-one-tap-shortcuts-to-hidden-android-activies-which-have-no-gui-to-get-to-them
On 3/14/24 4:18 PM, Richmond wrote:
AJL <noemail@none.com> writes:
On 3/14/24 3:03 PM, Richmond wrote:
AJL <noemail@none.com> writes:
On 3/14/24 2:08 PM, Richmond wrote:
I mostly use Firefox Focus with Javascript disabled.
If you use the Samsung browser you can disable both Javascript AND
all cookies. Likewise with the Dolphin browser.
Did you read the privacy policy? "We care about your privacy. We >>>>transfer data to up to 277 third party providers..." :?
Are you Arlen in disguise? Sorry, an inside joke. All I use the
Samsung browser for is news reading. I leave the Javascript and
cookies off to kill the pop-ups and other junk but leave the text and
most still photos. If some alien computers are spying on what fake
name AJL is reading it really doesn't bother me too much. But then
AJL's paranoia level is pretty much nonexistant...
Not quite non existent if you are using a fake name. Did you walk into a >>shop and pay cash for a second hand phone? buy your SIM card for 99p in
a supermarket?
I'm not using a phone. I use this tablet for news reading. But even if I
did, do you really think a browser knows and reports my sim??
Yup, you're
either Arlen or Maryana for sure. I can tell by the paranoia level. Confess... ;)
What I was thinking was that Samsung would be able to identify you if
you ordered the phone (or device) and had it delivered to your
house.
Samsung might also be able to pick up your phone number from your SIM
card (if you had one) and use that together with contact information
from others to find your name. I don't know if they actually do that
or have any interest in knowing who you are, they could sell
advertising just with some unique identifier. But they have tailored
android and could have put stuff in there to get information.
I use google chrome on my desktop and I have even switched on their
new ad choices thing, which I think is quite a good solution to the
problem of selling personalized advertising without tracking.
If I want to look up my medical conditions, or anything which I think
the government should not be so nosy (snoopers charter) about, then I
use TOR.
And what's "pathetic" is the (paraphrased) claim that AJL's medical
data is as important as AJL's Samsung app to turn the WI-Fi off
- and worse - they're so equal in AJL's mindset that he feels he MUST
store all his medical data on his phone.
AJL then extended that same argument to his credit card and then to
his bank accounts - but the argument that they're as important as a
silly Samsung app that isn't even needed is - is only 1/3rd of what's
absurd.
The other 1/3 which is absurd is that AJL just gave up because he
considers all data of equal importance, and the last 1/3rd is as a
result, AJL feels he MUST put all his data on his smartphone (which
has no IT department).
I didn't say that. Bet you can't find a quote.
AJL wrote on Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:24:34 -0700 :
And yet, since marketing tells people what to do and they do it, I'm sure there are millions of Samsung Accounts gathering data every single day.
I just happen to not want to trade my privacy for what marketing wants me
to do (and which I can get, anyway, without trading it for my privacy).
The Notification log brings up this Android activity in my shortcut. com.android.settings/com.android.settings.Settings$NotificationStationActivity
The Notification history brings up this Android activity in my shortcut. com.android.settings/com.android.settings.notification.history.NotificationHistoryActivity
Please keep in mind that any setting you use more than once a day
you probably want to put into a folder of shortcuts for easy access.
AJL wrote on Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:40:30 -0700 :
I didn't say that. Bet you can't find a quote.
Bet you I can.
From: AJL <noemail@none.com>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Samsung account
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:38:15 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID: <ustdd7$1772n$1@dont-email.me>
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On 3/13/2024 3:37 PM, Andrew wrote:
AJL wrote on Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:24:34 -0700 :
And yet, since marketing tells people what to do and they do it, I'm sure there are millions of Samsung Accounts gathering data every single day.
Do you use a credit card? Go to the doctor? Have a bank account? Have a
cell phone? Etc etc. Unless you live in a cave your life is already
online. Samsung is just one of hundreds... (And worse, unlike Samsung,
my bank, doctor, CC, etc all know my real name)... 8-O
I just happen to not want to trade my privacy for what marketing wants me to do (and which I can get, anyway, without trading it for my privacy).
Frank Slootweg wrote on 14 Mar 2024 20:06:51 GMT :
You're correct, I couldn't find it in Settings either. So apparently Another Poster (TM) was wrong. No surprise there, he's been wrong
before.
The fact you've never once in your entire life found me wrong, Frank, and
yet you're so obviously _desperate_ to do so, is a problem that you have.
FACT:
The option to turn on (or off) Wi-Fi calling is on my Samsung phone.
<https://i.postimg.cc/4dgCbg1t/wificalling01.jpg>
And there is no Samsung Account (or any account) set up on my phone.
<https://i.postimg.cc/RhxFjhz0/manage-accounts.jpg>
Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> writes:[...]
Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
I think it is strange that Samsung's Internet Browser is even in the
google store.
Because people might want to put it on their non-Samsung phones
(which won't have the (Samsung) Galaxy Store).
When I search for Google Chrome in the Samsung store it finds Samsung Internet.
When I press and hold the samsung phone app, select info, scroll down,
view in app store, I get a message saying "this content isn't compatible
with your phones operating system". So where did it come from? How does
it get updated?
We've shown you wrong many, many times.
That you refuse to acknowledge
that you were wrong and play your dodge and divert spiel, doesn't mean
you weren't wrong. Case in point: AJL's beating in this very thread.
FACT:
The option to turn on (or off) Wi-Fi calling is on my Samsung phone.
<https://i.postimg.cc/4dgCbg1t/wificalling01.jpg>
And there is no Samsung Account (or any account) set up on my phone.
<https://i.postimg.cc/RhxFjhz0/manage-accounts.jpg>
As the other response have shown, there's an - as yet unexplained - difference between our phones:
Bottom line: In this case, everybody was right, for *their* phone.
Nothing about the importance of my CC compared to the Samsung app in
that paragraph.
Idiot. You are like nospam where you own a kindergarten mentality...
it's your fault for being the child-like idiot who did that...
You can have the last word since it's you who is the child-like idiot...
(Bring Frank Slootweg along with you since he agreed with your idiocy.)
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