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I wonder if your location data could be used as part of your alibi if you were falsely accused of a crime.
Looking at the accuracy of the results it has for me (apparently I only spent three hours at work last week), I'm not worried.
Doesn't this constant use of GPS drain the battery? On every Android-based smartphone I've had ( two! ) I've only enabled GPS and network-derived location when I need to navigate, otherwise the phone shuts-off in a few hours.
Network derived location does not represent a meaningful extra power draw. GPS involves a separate radio system (rx only, admittedly) and is only active when something actually requests your location...
Network location does require wifi to be permanently active, which for some reason seems to be a magnitude more power-hungry than 3G. So most folk I know turn-off wifi when not interactively using it.
Found a bug! I travelled a few miles away from home yesterday and it's recorded as superfast visits between home and various parts of the journey in a star shape. The Android tablet that I left at home is confusing Google into recording some weird split journey where I am both at home and travelling...
It surely must have something to do with the Uncertainty Principle [1], where the big G can only know your speed or your location. ;-)
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Of course it is, because I opted in when it asked if I wanted to be tracked. Google also sends me an email once a month to remind me I chose to be tracked.
How do they think Google Now and all those other lovely services work? New news? I think not, move along.
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How do they think Google Now and all those other lovely services work? New news? I think not, move along.
Yeah - imagine apple did this - there would be a scandal. But this is Google, so 'move along'.
There is no point in flogging a dead horse. So yeah, move along.
The airplane trips section seems particularly bad, it pretty much only gets my home airport right.
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Yeah - imagine apple did this - there would be a scandal. But this is Google, so 'move along'.
While I agree with the sentiments of what you are saying but the 'move along' has nothing to do with it being Google. This has been known by everybody for a long time and discussed here on HN. All the 'article' shows is that there are some tools to see that info has been collected. There is no point in flogging a dead horse. So yeah, move along.