Google location history

[Terost]

"Google can collect data even if you aren't using your phone. The study says that a dormant Android phone with Chrome running in the background sent location data to Google servers 340 times in one 24-hour period. The study claims 11.6 MB of data passed between an Android device and Google's servers after a day of "typical" internet use."

Turn off location history and use GPS only when needed.

 

[belodion]

But what’s wrong with data collection?

 

[Terost]

But what’s wrong with data collection?

Users get personalized search results based on what sites they visit. Also users get "interest based ads" based on websites the user visited.

 

[belodion]

Users get personalized search results based on what sites they visit. Also users get "interest based ads" based on websites the user visited.

That has sometimes been useful to me, and I’m used to ignoring whatever is of no interest to me, as I suppose we all are in the modern world. Are you proposing a different way of paying for Google’s services?

 

[Terost]

That has sometimes been useful to me, and I’m used to ignoring whatever is of no interest to me, as I suppose we all are in the modern world. Are you proposing a different way of paying for Google’s services?

Never pay for Google services. I go to privacy settings.