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Looks like I turned off permission for recording my location history on June 9th. They've got plenty of data before then, but none after that. That was the day
by lambda 13y ago
Looks like I turned off permission for recording my location history on June 9th. They've got plenty of data before then, but none after that. That was the day that Snowden's identity was made public. I guess I must have had a sudden onset of extra paranoia around then. In hindsight, I was right.
- ohwp 13y agoWell you can opt-out from Google but can't from your telco. They have been tracking you for over decades. Mobile device = tracking device. http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2011-03/data-protection-malte-spitz http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2011-03/data-protecti...
- icebraining 13y agoMobile cellphone = tracking device. Most mobile devices don't connect to any telco.
- ohwp 13y agoMaybe they don't connect to any telco, but most mobile devices are trackable. They send and receive data.
- SideburnsOfDoom 13y ago> They've got plenty of data before then, but none after that. You mean: they're not showing you any data after that.
- polarix 13y agoThey are probably not explicitly lying about what information they retain. If they say they deleted it, well, it's probably at least inaccessible to production systems.
- SideburnsOfDoom 13y agoSure. Other parties such as the NSA may well have a copy.
- morninj 13y agoIt's possible that Google is telling the truth. The FTC is paying close attention, especially after the settlements in the Buzz and Safari cookie incidents. Deceptive data collection and use practices--like lying about having location data--would certainly trigger FTC enforcement.
- mgulaid 13y agoThey do collect, they just don't show it to you.