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I 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
by alyandon 6y ago
I 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...
- alyandon 6y agoThat's distinctly different than the location/web history that Google pesters you to enable in order to set the Home location.