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Not being able to set a "home" in maps unless I consent to be spied is another shitty behavior from Google.
by sildur 6y ago
Not being able to set a "home" in maps unless I consent to be spied is another shitty behavior from Google.
- jannes 6y agoWhy would you want to tell Google where you live anyway? Can you not just save your home as a regular starred place?
- codegladiator 6y agoGoogle already knows anyways, using the map to set home is just for user convenience.
- bt1a 6y agoYes. Imagine thinking you can hide your place of residence along with using google location services.
- CameronNemo 6y agoUnifiedNlp for the win :) https://github.com/microg/UnifiedNlp https://github.com/microg/UnifiedNlp
- amelius 6y agoDo you think that solves the problem? What if 4G operators sell your information to data brokers, which then sell that information to Google?
- CameronNemo 6y agoAre 4G operators allowed to give away (or more likely sell) your data like that?
- pixl97 6y agoYes
- robin_reala 6y agoA better question is “why should Google be allowed to use your self-assigned home for purposes that you as a user haven’t consented to?”
- codegladiator 6y ago> user haven’t consented to User consented to "personalization of experience", and that's all it is. Personalised ads.
- AlphaSite 6y agoThose aren’t related things though?
- codegladiator 6y agoTongue in cheek
- daveFNbuck 6y agoI want to tell Google where I live so I can say "ok Google, navigate home" and get directions home without having to touch my phone. If there's a phrase that gets hands-free directions for starred items without having to say the whole address, Google doesn't make that easy to figure out.
- mPReDiToR 6y agoI know you said Hands Free. My solution is a shortcut on my homescreen to my address, or somewhere close. One click is worth it and for someone who pays more attention than most to the windscreen, safe enough for me.
- daveFNbuck 6y agoEveryone who uses their phone while driving thinks they're one of the few who can do it safely, whether they're fully engrossed in a text conversation speeding down the freeway, or tapping an icon while stopped at a traffic light. Deep down, I think that too. That's why I can't give myself excuses to do it.
- csunbird 6y agoThe location of the "Home" could be stored in the device locally.
- zo1 6y agoHome and work are very "special" cases in that it's someplace most people regularly go to and from. So the app sends you personalized driving alerts/reminders, traffic updates, etc. There are definitely reasons for it, it's just not worth it to some. Others just have no idea that some of these nice goodies are helpful and not eerie and "privacy invading". So what if Google knows where I live and work? Frankly, that's something the government should know anyways, and it's failing abysmally judging by the amount of crime it's missing.
- alyandon 6y agoI worked around that by briefly enabling history, setting the Home address and then immediately turning history back off. Obviously not ideal but it solved the problem for me.
- svnpenn 6y agoJust did this. Thanks
- nuker 6y ago> turning history back off What does that achieve? They still receive your data, unless you are logged off and not using any google software.
- jankassens 6y agoIt might still be processed in aggregate, but they stop associating years of precise locations to your account. I’d be surprised if they don’t follow that wish just for PR and legal reasons alone. The fewest people will actually opt out or if they do accidentally opt back in since the “enable web and location data” action appears anywhere from Maps to Google Home setup.
- alyandon 6y agoWhat data? The location history feature in only on briefly while you are setting your Home location and once you turn it off again it stops collecting it. You also can go into your Google account and verify what information (if any) was collected in that window and delete it if you really feel that strongly about it. This is really just Google using hostile UX to badger people into enabling location history and (in their eyes - hopefully) leaving it on.
- nuker 6y agoGoogle collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled https://qz.com/1131515/google-collects-android-users-locations-even-when-location-services-are-disabled/ https://qz.com/1131515/google-collects-android-users-locatio...
- briandear 6y agoApple Maps doesn’t do that thankfully.
- amelius 6y agoAnd another shitty thing is that I can't tell them to omit certain websites from my search results, while at the same time they insist they need my information "to improve my experience".
- reaperducer 6y agoDoes DuckDuckGo have this capability? If it doesn't, it should, and that would be awesome. Filter out: Pinterest, YouTube, WikiHow, and all the other garbage SEO farms.
- dastx 6y agoDuckduckgo doesn't have builtin. It wouldn't be easy without essentially tracking you, which is the opposite of their claims. However there is a browser extension you can install. It's either endorsed or developed by duckduckgo.
- flyinghamster 6y agoI've found that I can do that in both DuckDuckGo and Google by adding, for instance: -pinterest -ebay -amazon -wikihow to my query.
- blibble 6y agothere used to be a google provided extension to do this, personal blocklist they stopped providing it for some reason... I liked it for blocking quora/pintrest/w3schools/...