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Google Knows What You Did Last Summer, Now Shows It To You In Google Maps
Social apps like Foursquare / Swarm are more about places you’re at or where you’re going. Today, the Google Maps team launched a feature called “Your Timeline” that is about where you’ve already been. It’s not a social feature, as you’re the only one who sees the information…
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I have never let the location services run on my phone, so I at least get the appearance that Google doesn't have the list of where I've been. Who knows, maybe that's actually true.
I just checked my info and found no location history for the times I've had my phone's location service turned off. Does anyone know whether there's another, hidden location-data-collection feature on our phones?
They use known WiFi hotspots too. Their map cars collect data on Wifi hotspots which they can use to help narrow your location. Is this information transmitted to them for this purpose too? I don't know.
creepy!