Google tracks users who turn off location history

#1

Post by oinkgrr » Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 2:00 PM UTC

Google tracks users who turn off location history
bbc.co.uk

Re: Google tracks users who turn off location history

#2

Post by mtmail » Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 2:02 PM UTC

200+ comments in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17749330

Re: Google tracks users who turn off location history

#3

Post by oinkgrr » Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 2:18 PM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #2

200+ comments in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17749330

oh, missed that.

Re: Google tracks users who turn off location history

#4

Post by some_account » Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 2:20 PM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #2

200+ comments in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17749330

How come that is not in top items of hacker news?

Re: Google tracks users who turn off location history

#5

Post by Jaruzel » Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 2:20 PM UTC

To be fair this should be dropped from the front page, or merged with yesterdays post.

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#6

Post by sgt101 » Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #2

200+ comments in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17749330

Didn't appear as an item for me yesterday at all - something's not right about that!

Re: Google tracks users who turn off location history

#7

Post by mbel » Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

some_account wrote: post #4

mtmail wrote: post #2

200+ comments in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17749330

How come that is not in top items of hacker news?

It was yesterday.

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#8

Post by TACIXAT » Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 2:23 PM UTC

some_account wrote: post #4

mtmail wrote: post #2

200+ comments in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17749330

How come that is not in top items of hacker news?

The algorithm accounts for time.

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#9

Post by pressurefree » Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 2:27 PM UTC

8th comment! woot! paint by numbers is flawed. strut strut.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 2:31 PM UTC

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