• dinckel@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Took them long enough. The ad networks, and companies like Google, know more about me, than my own immediate family. My preferences, my complete location history, my hardware info, and everything in between. The fact that this is allowed to begin with is absolutely mental

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      10 hours ago

      The feature is going away but on Google Maps they have a Timeline section where you can go back and see exactly where you’ve been each day. I found it useful when I traveled in Japan to see the names of shops and restaurants I stopped at but then realized… Google has known everywhere I’ve been for over a decade now. Hmm.

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        10 hours ago

        I think it’s a nice feature, when it’s explicitly opt-in, and gives you control over what it’s doing. We all know how Google handles that