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Unless you change these settings, Google is still tracking you
Cnet ^ | 01/02/22 | Kelsey Fogarty

Posted on 01/02/2022 4:06:45 PM PST by Libloather

Do you use any of Google's apps? If so, you're probably being tracked. Even if you turned off location history on your Google account, you're not completely in the clear yet. While disabling that setting sounds like a one-and-done solution, some Google apps are still storing your location data. Just opening the Google Maps app or using Google search on any platform logs your approximate location with a time stamp.

Following a 2018 investigation by the Associated Press, however, Google has made it easier to control what location and other data is saved, and what is deleted with features like Your Data in Maps and Search, which give you quick access to your location controls. You just have to know where to look.

**SNIP**

Turn off Google's location tracking To completely shut down Google's ability to log your location, here's what to do:

1. Open Google.com on your desktop or mobile browser, and log into your Google account by using the button in the top right corner.

2. Click your user icon in the top right corner and select Manage your Google account.

3. Click Privacy & personalization.

4. Click Things you've done and places you've been.

5. Click Location history inside the History settings box. This opens Activity Controls.

6. Beneath Location History, click the button on the right that reads Turn off. This opens a pop-up window.

7. Scroll to the bottom of this window and click Pause.

What does this stop Google from storing? Pausing this setting prevents Google from storing location markers associated with specific actions and stops storing information collected from searches or other activity. Turning it off keeps your approximate location private and other places you go -- like your home address.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnet.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: conspiracies; google; internet; maps; privacy; settings; spying; tracking
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Lots more info @ the link.
1 posted on 01/02/2022 4:06:45 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

B4l


2 posted on 01/02/2022 4:09:56 PM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: Libloather

Yes, it is prudent to do this. No, I do not believe that doing this stops Google/NSA from monitoring and tracking you.


3 posted on 01/02/2022 4:10:36 PM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: Libloather

Isn’t the best course NOT to have a Google account at all?


4 posted on 01/02/2022 4:12:10 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: All

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5 posted on 01/02/2022 4:13:51 PM PST by BipolarBob (WHY are there no Democrats on Mt. Rushmore?)
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To: Libloather

Or:

Don’t use Google.

L


6 posted on 01/02/2022 4:14:07 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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That is what I am doing.
7 posted on 01/02/2022 4:15:36 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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To: Libloather

bookmark


8 posted on 01/02/2022 4:16:25 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Gaffer

That’s where I’m at. I, for example, stopped being active on YouTube at all simply because to continue would require a Google account.


9 posted on 01/02/2022 4:16:27 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Libloather

Bkmk


10 posted on 01/02/2022 4:16:53 PM PST by moovova
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To: Lurker
Or: Don’t use Google.

You just think you're not using Google.

11 posted on 01/02/2022 4:17:12 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Libloather

Bookmark


12 posted on 01/02/2022 4:19:02 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: rigelkentaurus

“Yes, it is prudent to do this. No, I do not believe that doing this stops Google/NSA from monitoring and tracking you”.

From what I’ve read, you are correct.


13 posted on 01/02/2022 4:21:41 PM PST by laplata
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To: Libloather

Thanks. I turned off my location and activity tracking in Google a long time ago. I just verified that they are off — they are and there are no activity / location tracks.

I do keep my YouTube history going as I find it useful to find old videos I watched.


14 posted on 01/02/2022 4:22:33 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: Rurudyne

I spent nearly a day once searching through my computer deleting anything remotely Google- or Chrome for that matter.


15 posted on 01/02/2022 4:22:50 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: Libloather

Unfortunately it doesn’t stop it for your web browser. Every time you hit a site with hidden Google 3rd party API scripts it loads tracking ware in your browser and follows you everywhere you go on the net in real time. And not just google...


16 posted on 01/02/2022 4:24:23 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Libloather
1. Open Google.com on your desktop or mobile browser, and log into your Google account by using the button in the top right corner.

Huh? Never have.

Smelled it early on, Google is Evil.

17 posted on 01/02/2022 4:24:56 PM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: Libloather

Bookmark


18 posted on 01/02/2022 4:24:58 PM PST by Baldwin77 (Democrats CANNOT win without violence and/or cheating)
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To: Libloather

Ping


19 posted on 01/02/2022 4:25:58 PM PST by jcon40 (Machinery is only as good as its design and quality of parts. A citizen is only as good as...)
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To: Drew68

“You just think you’re not using Google. “

Yep see #16. Google is EVERYWHERE.


20 posted on 01/02/2022 4:26:20 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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