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August 14, 2018

Google watches your movements, like it or not

  • Even with Location History turned off, some Google apps automatically store time-stamped location data without asking.
    • By RYAN NAKASHIMA
    Technology Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.

    An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you've used a privacy setting that says it will prevent Google from doing so.


     
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