The protection of privacy and personal data has been a very hot topic lately. Apple is known for his efforts to maintain maximal privacy of its customers, but not Google, for example. Very often, in connection with it or Android, the quality of personal data protection and user privacy is addressed. And now comes another disturbing news.
Some Google applications on iOS Android stores your location history even if you disable it in your settings. Princeton researcher Gunnar A found outcarHe disabled Google Maps from storing his location history in the settings, but his device continued to collect this data.
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So it seems that even when this feature is disabled, some Google apps ignore this ban and store data with the user's date, time and location. "For example, Google stores your location the moment you open the Google Maps app. Automatic weather updates on your phoneone"Android also determines your approximate location. Even when searching for something that is completely unrelated to location—like 'chocolate chip cookies'—your data is captured down to the square meter and stored in your Google Account." states Acar.
Although his report focuses only on Android devices, it was found that Google apps work the same on iOSGoogle says its policies for collecting location data are clear, but when you examine them, you'll find they're rather confusing. “There are many different ways Google can use location to improve the user experience. This is, for example, location history, activity on the Internet and in applications or through location services at the level of the device itself. We provide clear descriptions of these tools and sufficient controls for people to turn location data on or off. Of course, they can erase history at any time.” a Google spokesperson said.
Google collects your location data even if this feature is disabled.
In order to prevent Google from really collecting your location data, in addition to turning off the "Location History" function, you also need to disable "Web and App Activity". If you turned off only the first option, Google would simply not be able to compile a timeline of your location. However, the location itself could still be collected.
Google is taking advantage of users' ignorance by disabling "Location History" and the user will see a message saying "None of your Google apps will be able to save location data in Location History". While this is true, it can still save data in the "My Activity" section. This is mainly intended for targeted advertising. The most effective solution if you want to have 100% To be safe, try not to use any Google apps on your device.
that's amazing horst !! very good scientist konehe really figured something out :D this has been known for years
the best is the final part of the article "it is best not to use any google apps". I laughed at my monitor. Who thinks that this Apple doesn't do it either, it's very, very naive. Btw. for example in iOS 11 The “mobile data” switch does not turn off all data traffic over mobile networks. Did you know that? So about the real functionality of other switches in iOS 11 you can only notchat to seem.
How surprising….. 😡
However, you can prove the opposite, no one is stopping you. Fame and money are already waiting for you... oh, you just called stupidly. Expert and people I admire apple because of complete nonsense, there is really a lot and nothing at all. On the other hand, Google has been losing court after court regarding tracking and "stealing" data since the time of the search engine itself.
You write nonsense Apple out-of-court settlement applies, just to keep it out of the papers, we know?
Apple selling products on google is the product itself the user.
@qq – Very nicely said, true.
It is more likely that Applu is a product of the user's own whim, OSes built "for profit" like this are not easy to find. The main thing is to make it as complicated as possible for the user and have to use some paid or ad-laden app for everything. :-)
It's nice that IT companies (and mostly American ones) collect a lot of data about users and then trade with them or use them for targeted advertising. Nothing will help here, except to ask them to get the users together and file mass complaints against these practices, and I guarantee you that they will get away with paying hefty fines. These practices will not be eradicated except by fines.
When on ios the location is disabled, the application has no way to access it, after every request it simply receives a response that it cannot be accessed...
it's nice that you think it works like that :-)