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This is false. This is from congressional testimony in the past month that hasn't gotten virtually any coverage from the traditional media outlets: >Hawley po
by propogandist 8y ago
This is false.
This is from congressional testimony in the past month that hasn't gotten virtually any coverage from the traditional media outlets:
>Hawley pointed out on Tuesday that a user's location is sent to Google hundreds of times a day, even when the phone is not in use. In fact, Hawley said, a user's location is tracked "every four minutes, or 14 times an hour, roughly 340 times during a 24-hour period," even when the phone is not in use.
>DeVries confessed that "location information is absolutely core to making a mobile phone work the way that you want it to work." He said that Google has an "optional service" called Location History that is opt-in and "can collect location over time when people turn that on."
>"But Google collects geolocation data even if Location History is turned off, correct?" Hawley pressed.
>"Yes, senator, it can in order to operate other services—"
Google's privacy head was passing off the location data harvesting as something that is necessary for the phone to function, which is untrue. They are using the devices to surveil on people, which, among other things, allows intelligence agencies to outsource an important task.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/google-tracks-you-even-when-loc.. https://pjmedia.com/trending/google-tracks-you-even-when-loc....
The actual hearing itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwyuCtbK3qw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwyuCtbK3qw
- shittyadmin 8y agoI think you're misunderstanding what was said in that testimony. Yes, Google still collects your location if you turn off location history and then use Google Maps or an app calls their fused location API, they do not periodically collect it unprompted if you have location history off. That's why I used the word "most". Because I feel it's obvious that they'll get your location in the other cases. Your first link is broken, but if you think I'm mistaken here, please point me in the direction of a technical analysis showing this, I'd love to see it.
- gscott 8y agoAlso your phone connects to up to 7+ cell towers at once giving good location history to AT&T who then sells your location history as a product to law enforcement. We are tracked multiple ways. Logging into Gmail gives your ip and a less precise but overall description of where you are, etc.