ND Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS (therecord.media)
816 points by gormandizer 1810 days ago | 442 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Article discusses research on Google and Apple telemetry data collection.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 5 evals
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2026-03-05 17:19 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.440 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 17:19 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive)
2026-03-05 17:10 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.308 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 17:10 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.31 (Moderate positive)
2026-03-03 09:55 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.19) - -
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reasoning
Investigative journalism exposes privacy abuses
2026-03-03 09:53 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-03-03 09:53 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Investigative journalism on Google's and Apple's telemetry collection practices
2026-03-03 09:49 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16) - -
2026-03-03 09:49 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive)
reasoning
Investigative journalism exposes privacy abuses