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I sometimes query this to help me recall details from years ago, so I'm sad that the encroachment of very broad government surveillance and the rise to power of
by arebop 3y ago
I sometimes query this to help me recall details from years ago, so I'm sad that the encroachment of very broad government surveillance and the rise to power of extremist politicians makes it unacceptably dangerous to continue to provide the service.
- sircastor 3y agoThis is why we can’t have nice things.
- Tempest1981 3y agoSnap a photo of all the interesting places you find yourself.
- oh_sigh 3y agoSometimes the thing you're looking for isn't something that you recognized as interesting in the moment.
- dotancohen 3y agoStory of my life. And my divorce.
- jbn 3y agothis makes me thing of the "baby shoes, never worn" short story by Hemingway.
- anigbrowl 3y agoYou can turn it off on Android, I did so a few years ago. Although my phone has a perfectly good GPS receiver, Google really dislikes having it turned off and constantly pesters me to turn it back on when using their Map product.
- londons_explore 3y agoI can kinda see why GPS working would be a core feature of a map product on a mobile device...
- andylynch 3y agoLocation access on device absolutely. The problem here is the Google has been collecting extremely detailed location data, going back years, for nearly all of its users. And while it’s mildly interesting or useful to some, it’s dangerous to others, especially given it’s stored in a central location out of their control, and running all the time, not just when you’re using Maps.
- iudqnolq 3y agoThe annoying thing is that if you disable "automatically track everywhere I go" you lose features like "let me manually provide my home address so I can tap the home button to get directions there". I totally get why that kind of thing gets overlooked, but it's technically unnecessary and also annoying.
- anigbrowl 3y agoSorry, I phrased that poorly. Google dislikes having google location services turned off (eg when requesting directions), although the phone has a perfectly good GPS receiver to figure out where it is currently. It's like they don't want to do any lookups unless they're allowed to store the data, so I find myself manually typing in a nearby address as my starting point to get directions.
- pmontra 3y agoI enable it from the drop down settings menu when I need navigation in Google Maps and in OSMAnd. Google Maps doesn't ask me to turn on Location Services if I'm only looking at a map or to street view.
- johnerik 3y agoI also like having this data — fun to occasionally time travel. The earliest record I have is from June 16, 2015, anyone have earlier?
- Agree2468 3y agoI have Dec 4th, 2013 as my earliest
- xnx 3y agoFeb 15, 2011. Might have still been called Latitude at that point?
- atoumey 3y agoAugust 17, 2010. As a personal data hoarder, I love having this data about myself.
- xeromal 3y agoI have Feb 14, 2012 and I went to Denny's for 3 hours. lol
- ChrisArchitect 3y agoLooks like Nov 13 2009 here. The time capsule is amazing and I've referenced it many times over the years
- stavros 3y agoUnfortunately I don't have anything, as I don't like Google having my location.
- SoftTalker 3y agoHave never found myself in and cannot imagine a circumstance where I'd need to know my precise location at a point in time years ago, or really even at any time other than the present.
- cglong 3y agoI was a victim of a car accident. When I was filing the claim with their insurance provider, they wanted the exact location and time of the incident as proof; Timeline has absolutely come in handy for me :)
- hutzlibu 3y agoProofing you were not at a crime scene at a certain time. You disabled location saving - that's suspicious? /s More serious, if it would be my data under my control, it can be fun checking the past. Exploring where you travelled and when .. but that is kind of my buisness amd not googles. But since I use a android phone, they have it anyway.
- gruez 3y ago>Proofing you were not at a crime scene at a certain time. You disabled location saving - that's suspicious? /s Having it enabled for years and then disabling it on the night your spouse went missing is suspicious. Having it disabled for years isn't.
- SoftTalker 3y agoIn case you're in that situation, it's the job of the prosecutor to prove where you were if that is relevant to his case. All that your phone data would support is a claim of where your phone was.
- Sargos 3y agoI travel quite a lot and I routinely look back at my trips from years ago to see what restaurants I visited and where I stayed. It shows me my path on a map and also shows my photos taken at each location which lets me relive my trips easily. It's quite an amazing feature most people don't even know exists.
- SkyMarshal 3y agoI just Star/Heart the places I go that I want to remember. Google will continue to store those server-side at least.
- 762236 3y agoCan't anyone that dislikes you file a lawsuit and subpoena the data too?
- ajross 3y agoDiscovery is subject to oversight. The court signs off on the subpoena and your lawyer gets to argue why it's not valid before it does. No, "because I dislike you" isn't going to fly. But if you're in a legitimate feud with someone and they can make a real case that your location information is important evidence for the court to see, sure.
- soraminazuki 3y agoIn theory, yes. But we wouldn't even be having this conversation if we had a functioning legal system, government agencies that respected people's rights, and government lawyers that didn't "interpret" constitutional protections out of existence behind closed doors.
- Propelloni 3y agoI believe you that you feel that way. Your phrasing however is awfully close to a "no true scotsman" argument, because you seem to be talking about the USA, which by all means and measures still has a functioning legal system -- despite attacks from all sides, inlcuding major political parties. It produces predictable outcomes according to law and fundamental rights are respected. According to the World Justice Project [1] the USA is in spot 26 of 150+ examined nations. Worse than most European countries, but far better than most of the world. And while the general "rule of law" trend for the USA is declining for the last decade, checks on government power have actually improved in recent years. If you don't believe me or WJP numbers, I invite you to travel abroad and spend some time in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Egypt, or even Hungary. If that's too much to ask, just try doing business there. I was involved in projects in some of the above mentioned countries and I tell you, the contrast is startling. [1] https://worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-index/downloads/WJPInsights2023.pdf https://worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-index/downloads/...
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- cobertos 3y agoHopefully it can still be downloaded from the device? Then you could just upload the export to a tool and view it, like people do with GDPR exports of other services. I've already looked into OpenTracks and Locus. Trying to find another app I trust to do this anyway...
- stavros 3y agoYou can't find one you trust, Android uses Google's location service to get your location. If you trust Google to uphold your "don't store this", you may be OK.
- mFixman 3y agoIt was priceless when filling my naturalisation application, which required me to write the exact dates of every international trip I did in the past 5 years. Also, it's great for trying to fit loose memories in dates and locations.
- 2Gkashmiri 3y agowouldnt your passport have that information as opposed to relying on third party information? so....... how would the government in this case "verify" your exact dates?
- mFixman 3y agoMany countries don't stamp your passport anymore, many that do don't put a date, and even if I relied on that information stamps are messy, out of order, and fading. The government probably has a list of international flights I've taken somewhere. I honestly don't think they will use it they probably don't deny citizenships because I missed a couple of trips (unlike, say, not reporting frequent trips to North Korea). It's still nice to do the right thing and fill up that data to the best of my knowledge.
- swagempire 3y agoReally? Which ones? Even if I get an e-visa, I get an in and out stamp. Not having these would invalidate the whole reason for having a passport.
- QuarterReptile 3y agoJapan from the US, and also Guam (US territory, I know)
- spacemanspiff01 3y agoTravel within the shengen zone is a one, you may get entry and exit stamps, but if you travel Germany and France there is no record.
- solardev 3y agoI wish I could opt out of this change. I've been asking Google to remember my location for more than a decade, and it's an amazing record of where we've been, when. I don't care that the government or Google can see it, it's still super useful. I'd pay to keep it in the cloud.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y agoHopefully there's some way you'll be able to get it out of your device. Obviously not as ideal as a simple checkbox in Google, but to me making you have to set up some sort of export/sync yourself is an acceptable tradeoff for what the rest of us get from this change. Of course, it's easy for me to say that, because I don't use the feature basically at all ;)
- solardev 3y agoIt's not that I just want to export what I have right now (which can already be done), but that the active tracking was a valuable service to me. I hope somebody offers an alternative.
- tim333 3y agoWaPo article says: >If you do decide you want that information in the cloud — say, as a backup for when you get a new phone — the data will be encrypted. So maybe it'll still be available? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/14/google-maps-location-history/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/14/google-...
- _visgean 3y agohttps://github.com/visgean/where https://github.com/visgean/where I made this project to trace back where I was based on the exif data in photos.