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I love that I can sit in my car and with just a few swipes and types I can quickly bring up a navigation route from my current location to a new destination. Th
by kreeben 13y ago
I love that I can sit in my car and with just a few swipes and types I can quickly bring up a navigation route from my current location to a new destination. That is why I let Google know about my whereabouts. It seems foolish of me to give all my location history to Google and subsequently to the NSA for this reason. I should probably find a service that lets me do this without giving up all that information.
I have enabled Google Now, just for fun, because I'm impressed by the technology behind that service. That seems even more foolish. I'm handing over my location history to NSA just to test out new, cool Google tech.
I am completely aware of the fact that any information I give up to the NSA or my country's equivalent, the FRA, can and will be used against me, perhaps not now or in ten yrs from now, but at some point in time, if this mass surveillance is not stopped (which seems very unlikely). I am currently not engaged in any political activities and I'm not at all terrified by what someone would be able to find out about me. I have a feeling though that I'm doing a great disservice to my future self.
- esalman 13y agoI once had an awkward experience because of having Google Latitude enabled and shared with contacts. I was supposed to be at a wedding but I didn't go, then a friend caught me near the event. Since then I keep location, search history etc. turned off. I have learned that the underlying technology might be cool, but it is not essential.
- maxerickson 13y agoFor reasonably short distances (a few hundred km), OsmAnd does routing on the device. It's $8 to have access for the maps they generate (it's also possible to fuss with the maps and not pay...). It uses OpenStreetMap data, the address search probably isn't as complete as Google.
- ars 13y ago> I should probably find a service that lets me do this without giving up all that information. Just buy a standalone GPS device. Avoid the ones called "Live". TomTom ones with FM radio traffic receivers are really good.