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by smnscu 3422 days ago
Related to privacy, I just found out that Google has detailed data about everywhere I go, because it's tracked by default by Android phones. Check yours here if you haven't (and maybe turn it off): https://www.google.com/maps/timeline
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This is an interesting feature that Google doesn't seem to really talk about — it will also list where you took photos, tell you which businesses you've been to, and even go as far to guess your mode of transportation (in the city it'll go as far as guessing bus/train/car/bike with some accuracy).

And there's that typical double-edged sword: there are a lot of situations where I'd find this information really useful... but in order to gain that usefulness Google knows all that information too.

if foursquare can do this imagine what google or Facebook can do.

https://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/04/27/foursquares-predic...