PS. Kindly explain why Google Maps really wants to stalk my location even when not using it actively. It's been forced down Android users a few years ago via a "Yes/Not now" dark pattern, it's coming on iPhone under the guise of "share location with your friends".
PS2. Kindly explain why anyone would ever trust Google to not expand their data acquisition behavior once the sensors are in place. For example, GPS, but always on mics and cameras in the future.
Did you knew Chromecast refuses to register in your network unless Google has your exact GPS coordinates?
Try setting up one from a phone with GPS turned off and see what happens (assuming the wifi AP you are using is not already in their location mapping database)
It's actually deleted, though it can take some time for deletions to propagate through various Google systems and backups - we can't violate the speed of light and​ we wouldn't want a bug in the deletion code to result in a catastrophic loss of things users wanted us to keep.
Note that if you opt out of Google keeping this history, I believe Google still keeps all your voice recordings, you just lose the ability to review and "delete" them, and they aren't tied to your account anymore.
This is one of the crazier notions I've seen in a privacy dark pattern: "Let us track you or we'll keep your data forever".
pacala|8 years ago
PS. Kindly explain why Google Maps really wants to stalk my location even when not using it actively. It's been forced down Android users a few years ago via a "Yes/Not now" dark pattern, it's coming on iPhone under the guise of "share location with your friends".
PS2. Kindly explain why anyone would ever trust Google to not expand their data acquisition behavior once the sensors are in place. For example, GPS, but always on mics and cameras in the future.
bazzargh|8 years ago
Turn by turn navigation. It's called out as a use-case for this on the Apple docs for this service. https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Us...
(I don't need or use that; so I turned it off)
pawadu|8 years ago
Try setting up one from a phone with GPS turned off and see what happens (assuming the wifi AP you are using is not already in their location mapping database)
jayd16|8 years ago
cf|8 years ago
aiiane|8 years ago
ocdtrekkie|8 years ago
This is one of the crazier notions I've seen in a privacy dark pattern: "Let us track you or we'll keep your data forever".
aiiane|8 years ago
pawadu|8 years ago