Google Location History

[davidbrady]

This will blow your mind. As you guys know, I like my privacy. In the past I've gotten on my soapbox over google's collection of my personal data, so naturally I opt out at every opportunity. Today I logged into google to see if there were any new whizbang features that I needed to opt out of. I had everything turned off or to use google's teminology, "paused". On my phone I'm also very careful to never have "location" enabled. I really don't want big brother tracking my every move. Imagine my surprise when I scrolled down and clicked on "Manage Location History". You can do it here. Up came a map of the entire United States with pins at every place I've been for every hour of every day for the last few years. Check it out! It's startling! Even with "location" turned off on my cellphone, google managed to track my every move using cell tower connections. Creepy and dangerous, to say the least!