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Just to remind you, the user get the whole functionality of the app. That's the trade-off.
by culanuchachamim 5y ago
Just to remind you, the user get the whole functionality of the app.
That's the trade-off.
- fsflover 5y ago> That's the trade-off. Only if the user is aware of that.
- google234123 5y agoUsers aren't aware they are using Google Maps?
- jjulius 5y agoNo, most users are not aware of how much data they give up about themselves in order to get the whole functionality of the app.
- beeboop 5y agoFor me at least, Google sends me monthly (quarterly?) updates on my location history and prompts me to review it. I assume people get this by default, and so anyone checking their google account email would see these emails and open them to see literally every single destination of theirs is permanently saved. They don't exactly hide it. Not defending Google, they suck. But in this one instance I don't think it's that much of a dirty secret or anything. Just an open dirty behavior.
- asdff 5y agoI've never gotten an email like that so its probably not a default setting.
- jjulius 5y agoAnecdotally, I don't get those emails myself, but I do see the point you're making. My follow up question would be, what other data are they gathering from you at the same time that they're not prompting you to review?