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[johnpalmer]

So, I've just bought (by which I mean, I bought it a month ago) a prepaid smartphone. (If you ever need to get an inkling of what chronic fatigue is like, think about that: I bought a nifty-keen dual core Android smartphone, and have basically left it idle for a month, because I never had goof-off time to play with it!) (Okay, yes, I did download Angry Birds because it's a cultural icon and I felt obligated. I thought there was a Snooki bird that was considered a bit trashy - or is that *another* cultural icon that I'm missing?)

Now, me, I'm a private person. I don't want to trust Google not to figure out from my e-mail and G+ posts that I like to wear a fluffy powder-blue tutu and dance around my room late at night. (Not true - powder blue doesn't seem to go with my coloring, and my room is *far* too cluttered and... oh, heh, yeah, no tutu either.) (Dancing around sans tutu - i.e., naked? Why would *that* embarrass me?)

Where was I? Oh, yeah.

It's an Android smart phone, and from what I can tell that means that "contacts" apps are "apps that sync with and present GMail contacts in a particular way. "Mail" is, of course, presumed to be Gmail. And I imagine I'm expected to sign in with Google to be able to use all of their wonderful tools to make my life easier, and so forth.

Well...

I figure that I should be able to create a new GMail account for the phone, put my contacts in there, and so forth. But now it's looking like if I want apps, I have to link my identity to the phone. The Google apps store is, I'm guessing, run by gmail account, and, of course, that will include my credit card information, which links to me, and therefore, my life.

Does anyone out there have any suggestions for minimizing my footprint? Or should I just not bother because the carrier will sell enough information to link me to everything?

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[marypcb.livejournal.com]

sacrificial gmail account or switch to a different phone OS - Google hardwires things to your Gmail account