Posted on 03/13/2015 4:51:06 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Updated: If you want to see what your history has, go to here: https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/b/0/ and Login with your gmail username / password
If you have an iphone with google maps installed (prior to version 3.2.1), then you can access the same information.
More information on this is here: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/4388034?hl=en
You can see on google maps EVERYWHERE you've ever went. I saw an article today while searching for videos, figured I'd try it myself. Sure enough, I can track my movements 24/7 for the last several years. Worst part is, so can the police and anyone else that has your login info. Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f7e_1426272151#m135wxWWjzjoDTcr.99
(Excerpt) Read more at liveleak.com ...
whew Im safe....no google maps
safe for now...anyway
everywhere you’ve ever gone . . . not “ever went”
It would scare me.
You can turn it off. I don’t recall how, but I did and there is no history showing for me.
Realistically, this is what these states are doing/going to do in order to tax your driving by the mile. And the sad thing is not that the government thinks this is a good idea (criminals are expected to commit crimes), but that most people don’t give a damn (victims are supposed to object to being robbed).
Your smart phone not only keeps track of where you’ve been, in also predicts where you are going to go next.
That first dawned on me when I would go on my phone and connect to the internet on Fridays and up would pop information on Costco, including a map and directions how to get there from where I was. My wife and I only go to Costco on Friday evenings, so that was the first clue. Then I noticed my phone started doing that for other locations as well, So it knows from my habits where I am headed next.
I don’t need someone to tell me where I’ve been. I need someone to tell me where I was going.
“You have no location history for March 13, 2015”
And I’ve got 100+ miles on today.
If you turn off the tracking, they don’t track you.
Yes, a cell phone turned on will leave a track of where you’ve been.
Can actually be a cool thing if someone is abducted or gets lost and needs to be found.
If you don’t want to leave tracks of where you’ve been, turn your cell phone off when you go there or don’t bring it with you.
Can you explain how to opt out of this?
I have a dumb phone. When I accidently hit the “voice” thing (I call her Sorry, not Seri or whatever).
“Sorry didn’t hear anything. Say ‘call mom, order pizza or send Birthday card.”
My mom is dead, the last time I ordered pizza was 6 years ago, and the last birthday card I mailed was to my mom.
I checked mine, no history.
You need to turn ‘detect location’ off in the settings area.
And you cannot delete your history....scary.
everywhere you’ve ever gone . . . not “ever went” —
Such a long long time to be gone
and a short time to be there
So, ah ... if I leave my cell phone home, go 500 miles away and rob a bank ... can my cell phone, being at home, provide me with an alibi?
No. But if you are near a bank when it is robbed it might be able to get you convicted. ha ha
That’s a good question. ;)
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