> So yes, Samsung will do these things and is open about it in places where most people including government don't understand the importance or care about priva

> So yes, Samsung will do these things and is open about it in places where most people including government don't understand the importance or care about privacy. Why would samsung bother with the warning where the government doesn't care about privacy? No company would waste resources on such labels if the government doesn't care? I'd bet that samsung is putting these warning labels because of government requirements. Which likely means samsung is collecting data for the indian government as well as for itself. > In places where people do care , they will rely on these stealthy tricks to collect information. Typical mega-corporate behavior. > PS: If this is not a data grab and they have perfectly good technical reasons to do this without consent, I am interested in knowing those reasons. I'd like to know as well.