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>>> Facebook knows where people like to eat because people check in. Google knows where you eat because when you leave the restaurant it offers you to review i
by user5994461 8y ago
>>> Facebook knows where people like to eat because people check in.
Google knows where you eat because when you leave the restaurant it offers you to review it for google map.
- scarface74 8y agoReviewing for Google map doesn’t give you the same social media cred of “look how exciting my life is and how great my relationship is!” that checking in on FB gives you. Besides it’s a lot more work.
- user5994461 8y agoThe point was that google already knows where you ate. You don't have to tell it, it tells you.
- scarface74 8y agoThey know the vicinty. If there are a lot of restaurants or other businesses, they don’t know exactly which business I was at. If I have an iPhone. They don’t even know that unless it was some place I needed directions to.
- gruez 8y agoyou'll be surprised at how many people use google maps on iphone. i would even be surprised if most ios users use google maps.
- scarface74 8y agoThere is a huge difference. Google tracks location data on Android users all of the time. Google can only get location data on iOS users if they are actively using Google Maps. You don’t need a maps app if you know where you are going.
- manigandham 8y agoIf people are checking in then they are also online, and if you're online then your location is available. This is not hard to do.
- scarface74 8y agoOn iOS, your location isn’t available to Google though. iOS has three per app settings for location permissions for apps - never, while using, and always. Google can only get location data if you are actively using Google Maps.
- manigandham 8y agoYou're stuck on Google Maps and checkins but that is not the only thing that people use, nor is GPS necessary. Anyone sitting down at a restaurant and using the internet on their device via any app or website will shed location details that Google and other networks can pickup.
- scarface74 8y agoHow does Google pick up location data on an iOS device using Safari browsing Facebook? Can a site with Google analytics gather the logged in Google account name? The upcoming iOS 12 version of Safari is going to make it even harder to do browser fingerprinting.
- manigandham 8y agoNetworks have locations. Cell towers, wifi hotspots, corporate routers, etc. Not hard to get a location as long as there is network traffic. Google analytics does know the same user across sites and devices but this is of course not exposed to the site, it's used by Google for ad targeting. Browser fingerprinting is not necessary because people log in (to apps and sites) and will never be possible to fully reduce unless Apple can somehow make identical computer chips down to the atom. Apple's cookie war also only helps Facebook and Google who maintain active 1st party cookies with every user, and meanwhile hurts all the independent networks and publishers who have to get people to keep logging in. This is why it helps to actually have some adtech expertise and industry cooperation instead of creating silly browser rules and turning Safari into the new IE.
- rohan1024 8y agoAlso, if you own Android, no need for Google maps. They are already tracking your mobile location. Scanning WiFi in the background. They know you are having dinner at some hotel because WiFi found its network while scanning. It doesn't matter if your WiFi is off.
- bobsoap 8y agoYou can switch background scanning off in Android. If Google respects that setting is another question altogether though.