Google is spying on you!

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Soldato
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Well, not really, I'm sure they aren't that interested in you..

I'm sure there's quite a few people who don't know about this.

https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/b/0

Can show where you/your android device has been if it is linked to your Google Account.
You can also select daily, weekly, monthly etc.


i.e. this month for me
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Wasnt apple caught doing somthing similar a while ago?

Hardly that surprising they are though. Fairly sure they know what I had for dinner last night lol.
 
We all have GPS fitted smart-phones so it's only a matter of aggregating the storing the data really. Scary indeed but most techs are now double edged swords..
 
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You mean that option they give me about storing my location history actually stores it if I say yes!?!? CALL THE PAPERS!
 
I wouldn't rely on it too much.
I know I only left the house twice that day, for about 10 minutes at a time.
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I was pretty shocked when i first discovered this and traced where i had been over the last few weeks.

I decided to leave it on just encase i ever wanted to look back at a specific date to recall something. It would be pretty useful to back myself up if i ever needed to as well.
 
I don't mind tbh. It's useful as a sat-nav to "take me home". Same with national rail enquiries app using "take me home" button. What I discovered recently that I found interesting is that my desktop PC's search history is also saved on my phone via my Gmail account. E.g. I was going to a friend's for NYE. He gave me the post code for me to punch into Google on the desktop PC. Once near his house, I whipped my phone out, typed the 1st letter of the postcode in search, which auto-completed to what I typed in on the desktop. Pretty handy when you don't have a physical keyboard.
 
Monserrat said:
I don't mind tbh. It's useful as a sat-nav to "take me home". Same with national rail enquiries app using "take me home" button. What I discovered recently that I found interesting is that my desktop PC's search history is also saved on my phone via my Gmail account. E.g. I was going to a friend's for NYE. He gave me the post code for me to punch into Google on the desktop PC. Once near his house, I whipped my phone out, typed the 1st letter of the postcode in search, which auto-completed to what I typed in on the desktop. Pretty handy when you don't have a physical keyboard.
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Agreed! It's scary but useful
 
Pretty scary

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My life is exciting

Basically just work, gym, home and out getting hammered0 in Clapham :p
 
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