Question Contacts sync app recommendation

[groston]

Would you please recommend an app for sync'ing google contacts with google phone. No, I will not use the google nonsense because they have no right to see my data.

 

[B. Diddy]

I assume you're talking about contacts you only have saved to the local device account or SIM card, rather than to your Google account? Some phones (like Pixels) will only let you save to your Google Contacts, which means they get synced to your Google Contacts in the cloud (unless you turn that sync off).

If you agree to Google's terms of service, they do have a "right" to handle your data. But it may be worth looking through their privacy policies, since they're quite transparent about this kind of thing: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US. And before you say that this is all a lie, this kind of thing is taken very seriously, and can lead to huge repercussions if these policies are found to be violated. I would also point out that other big companies (like Samsung) are much looser with your data -- Samsung's privacy policy includes the right to share your data with 3rd party affiliates by default.

 

[VidJunky]

Try as you might, you're using an Android by Google device, with a Gmail by Google email address, on a device you've agreed to the Google terms and conditions of service to use. I get it, try to volunteer as little as possible but at the end of the day B. Diddy is right, and I think everyone knows or assumes that anything we do on or with Google's device, oops I mean, with our device is being documented, tracked, and used to serve someone ads directly or indirectly.

Check whatever app you're using for Contacts and see if that app has a back-up option. That would be your best bet since so many of them come with backups. If you're using Google Contacts to view, edit or connect to your contact, they already have what they need from you. You're just not getting the free back-up benefit they're offering in exchange for the data they are already taking from you.

In the end it's up to you however you decide go, it just seems like more hassle when all of your stuff can be anywhere you can connect to the internet verses, something like MyBackUp Pro. Oh, it will back up everything and save it to a cloud service of your choice but if you're at work on your computer you can't just log into MBUP.

Good luck.

 

[ras47]

Yes, sync with Google Drive. And if you ever change phones and the contacts don't transfer automatically you can simply sync the new phone to your Google Drive.