Google. Where You've Been

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  1. Dougie D

    Dougie D Crème de la Crème

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    Just got this by email Google showing me where i went last year, looks like i did a fair bit of Scotland :)
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  2. Oldskool

    Oldskool Elite Member

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    That’s a bit Big Brother …..:eyes:
     
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  3. Octoberon

    Octoberon Crème de la Crème

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    Exactly. That’s why I ditched Google and Android.
     
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  4. Col_C

    Col_C I can't re...Member

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    You can turn it off :)
     
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  5. Tigcraft

    Tigcraft Unheard of Member

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    How does google know where you’ve been?
     
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  6. Sandi T

    Sandi T It's ride o'clock somewhere!
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    :joy::joy::joy: "A fair bit" I'd say that's the understatement of the day, Dougie. ;)
     
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  7. Dougie D

    Dougie D Crème de la Crème

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    There was a fair bit of the Borders that i didn't do last year! :blush:
     
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  8. Dougie D

    Dougie D Crème de la Crème

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    I'm not sure Eric, i have the BMW connected app on my phone and it records any runs i do along with photos i take, it also has loads of other info about my bike which is useful. if i switch off locations on my phone I'm not sure if the App would work
     
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  9. Octoberon

    Octoberon Crème de la Crème

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    The phone tracks your location via GPS and reports it all back to Giogke.
     
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  10. tcbandituk

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    Google, Apple, etc they all like to track you.....:rolleyes:
     
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  11. Octoberon

    Octoberon Crème de la Crème

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    The difference is, Google’s business model is based on exploiting its users’ data, Apple’s isn’t. Google is far more invasive, like Facebook.
     
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  12. tcbandituk

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    Regardless of 'Business model' they'll still be tracking you as much as google, they even give Google Apple user search data in return for using the Google search engine.
     
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  13. Octoberon

    Octoberon Crème de la Crème

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    All my searches are anonymised. When Google starts giving me a cut of the profits, they can use my personal information for commenrcial use.
     
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  14. Sandi T

    Sandi T It's ride o'clock somewhere!
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    All the more reason to do a "fair bit" of the Borders this year then, Dougie! :)
     
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  15. Tigcraft

    Tigcraft Unheard of Member

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    It’ll be interesting if it picks a rider up at ‘aircraft’ speeds!
     
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  16. Pegscraper

    Pegscraper Elite Member

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    Ooooooooh no no no! Call me a boring old fart but that's definitely not for me I'm afraid. I do carry a mobile phone when I'm driving/riding for emergencies, it'd be daft not to but it's switched off until needed. I can safely say I enjoyed my riding just as much in the pre-mobile, pre-internet days.
     
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