即使當你手機的“位置記錄”關掉，谷歌也在跟踪你
Google is Tracking You Even When Your Phone’s ‘Location History’ is Off
Google is Tracking You Even When Your Phone’s ‘Location History’ is Off
美聯社的新調查顯示， iPhone和Android用戶的位置數據仍然會被記錄，即使他們已被誤導相信不會。
New investigation by Associated Press shows how iPhone and Android users’ location data is still recorded even when they have been misled to believe it isn’t.
New investigation by Associated Press shows how iPhone and Android users’ location data is still recorded even when they have been misled to believe it isn’t.
August 13, 2018
Android and iPhone users may be under the impression that Google is not tracking their location data if they’ve turned off “Location History” on their devices.
After all, the Google support page says, “With Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored.”
But a new Associated Press investigation showed how that is not really the case. Some Google apps still automatically collect users’ location markers—information it can use to benefit its advertising revenue. To wit:
"Google stores a snapshot of where you are when you merely open its Maps app. Automatic daily weather updates on Android phones pinpoint roughly where you are. And some searches that have nothing to do with location, like “chocolate chip cookies,” or “kids science kits,” pinpoint your precise latitude and longitude—accurate to the square foot—and save it to your Google account.”
The problem lies with “Web & App Activity” setting, which is on by default, and “stores a variety of information from Google apps and websites to your Google account.” This information is stored under “My Activity.”
To illustrate the location data still collected when a user’s Location History is paused but the “Web & App Activity” setting is still on, AP displayed a map of locations visited by a Princeton postdoctoral researcher and Android user over a several-day period based on data that was still saved to his Google account.
Getting rid of those location markers, AP reported, is “a painstaking process.” Although users can find them at myactivity.google.com, “they’re typically scattered under several different headers, many of which are unrelated to location,” AP reported.
Exposed: How Google Still Tracks You Even When “Location History” Is Turned Off
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