Any way to keep my non-Google email contacts from Google?

[Michael Butash]

If you import email via any number of means into gmail or app in any way,
you're feeding the beast despite what they say.  You can configure gmail
not to scrape users from email contacts, and I do this default, but doesn't
mean they're not in their database still for "private" use by google.

Agree on k-9 mail app with non-google email services (prior godaddy), or
the commercial aquamail to replace k-9 as a better option, both keep things
separated well enough, though who knows what google does with that app data
still however internal to the phone.  I moved to google domains/gsuite
email after my last work stint at godaddy, and find things are much better
despite selling my soul entirely to them.  Usually, this week other reasons
have me hating google.

There is little privacy left, and google's long known everything about me
anyways, so I'll trust them over say, microsoft o365 or apple services.

-mb


On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 7:25 PM, Victor Odhner <vodhner at cox.net> wrote:

> I use Google for the calendar, but make only occasional use of GMail.
>
> I have this little game of seeing how much I can avoid handing over to
> Google.
> So on my old phone, I only synchronized my calendar items with Google.
> I avoided synching everything else, there was no need.
>
> That was in the not-evil days: now it seems to be sync all or nothing.
>
> *Q: If I’m using a different mail client for non-Google email, will a sync
> with Google slurp up all my contacts anyway?*
>
> I’m not about to replace my OS, but just curious:
>   Are there versions of Android that don’t feed the Beast?
>
> Thanks,
> Victor
>
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