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Hmm I was wondering how some stores show up on Google maps even though I did not use Google maps to get to those places. God damm Google.

by inesta 9y ago

cyberhigh 9y ago
That is because you have location services enabled on your phone. Google collects your phones location with this on. You can see the details by going to your location history.
- tomascot 9y ago
  Also WiFi
- ams6110 9y ago
  Yeah I keep location services turned off most of the time. I also have never intentionally clicked on an online ad of any kind.
  - pksadiq 9y ago
    > Yeah I keep location services turned off most of the time. Even if your location services, wifi and bt are off, they occasionally turns on to get your location. In Lineage OS there is an additional setting to not use wifi (when it is off) for location services. May be you can look into developer options to disable this setting (Please note that even if wifi is off, your phone searches for wifi hotspots to find itself where it is). And if your wifi/bt is on, your location is (almost) always available to Google. You know it, right?
- inesta 9y ago
  well i do have location services on, but on my iphone. i dont have google maps open even in the background. i have background app refresh off for google maps too. i really dont see how google could get that info. apple maybe.
dragonwriter 9y ago
> Hmm I was wondering how some stores show up on Google maps even though I did not use Google maps to get to those places. Isn't that just advertising?
- inesta 9y ago
  sure, but these are small local convenience stores. i doubt they would advertise on google maps.
romanovcode 9y ago
This has nothing to do with CC. Google collects the places you go to even if you don't use maps to get there. Basically if you go to some restaurant for example and sit there for 10+ minutes google already knows that you are there as a customer and it saves the location.

Hmm I was wondering how some stores show up on Google maps even though I did not use Google maps to get to those places. God damm Google.

by inesta 9y ago

Hmm I was wondering how some stores show up on Google maps even though I did not use Google maps to get to those places. God damm Google.

cyberhigh 9y ago

That is because you have location services enabled on your phone. Google collects your phones location with this on. You can see the details by going to your location history.

tomascot 9y ago
Also WiFi
ams6110 9y ago
Yeah I keep location services turned off most of the time. I also have never intentionally clicked on an online ad of any kind.
- pksadiq 9y ago
  > Yeah I keep location services turned off most of the time. Even if your location services, wifi and bt are off, they occasionally turns on to get your location. In Lineage OS there is an additional setting to not use wifi (when it is off) for location services. May be you can look into developer options to disable this setting (Please note that even if wifi is off, your phone searches for wifi hotspots to find itself where it is). And if your wifi/bt is on, your location is (almost) always available to Google. You know it, right?
inesta 9y ago
well i do have location services on, but on my iphone. i dont have google maps open even in the background. i have background app refresh off for google maps too. i really dont see how google could get that info. apple maybe.

dragonwriter 9y ago

> Hmm I was wondering how some stores show up on Google maps even though I did not use Google maps to get to those places. Isn't that just advertising?

inesta 9y ago
sure, but these are small local convenience stores. i doubt they would advertise on google maps.

romanovcode 9y ago

This has nothing to do with CC. Google collects the places you go to even if you don't use maps to get there. Basically if you go to some restaurant for example and sit there for 10+ minutes google already knows that you are there as a customer and it saves the location.