+Warwagon MVC Posted April 7, 2015 MVC Share Posted April 7, 2015 Some people may know about this, but for those of you who don't, it's both neat and creepy all at the same time. If you are on an a Android phone have it tied to a Google account and have location data turned on, it tracks everywhere you go. In fact you can take a look at where you went depending on the Month, Day and Year. Take a look for yourself http://www.google.com/dashboard. Log into the Google account that you have on your phone. Now scroll down until you get to Location data, then click "View Location History" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Very creepy. Especially as it has me travelling 10 miles to somewhere I've never been before whilst sat at my desk at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyMike Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Very creepy. Especially as it has me travelling 10 miles to somewhere I've never been before whilst sat at my desk at work. "That is not what she said" ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 "That is not what she said" ; ) Actually I think HSDPA "booster" installed in our building really messes up the Location services - others are find the same when checking their history. Also Google Now thinks I need the weather report for New South Wales. FunkyMike 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Location History ? Disabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted April 8, 2015 Supervisor Share Posted April 8, 2015 Considering I generally have my location data turned on unless I'm lost, it doesn't look like I've traveled much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted April 8, 2015 Subscriber¹ Share Posted April 8, 2015 turns out i have no location history for any date i checked in last few month. i must have set up my phone correctly when i first got it still i found a lot of stuff about me in that dashboard, that i did not know google had, like all photos from a trip i took a while back that i never though i uploaded anywhere. reminded me of a crazy good time i had on such trip, and also, that no one should be making this photos avaialbe, especially assocciated to my main google account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyMike Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Actually I think HSDPA "booster" installed in our building really messes up the Location services - others are find the same when checking their history. Also Google Now thinks I need the weather report for New South Wales. I recall a post by someone who bought a second hand router and his google location constantly kept flipping to a US military base in Iraq or something. Turned out the mac address didn't refresh on googles end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Ghost Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Distance from starting location (farthest distance: 6,052.697 miles) All in the last 30 days without leaving the town I'm in. Aergan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooky560 Veteran Posted April 18, 2015 Veteran Share Posted April 18, 2015 Thats quite a large town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachno 1D Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 like all photos from a trip i took a while back that i never though i uploaded anywhere. reminded me of a crazy good time i had on such trip, and also, that no one should be making this photos avaialbe, especially assocciated to my main google account. Auto synch can do that with phone images normally these are classed as private unless you change the settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted April 18, 2015 Member Share Posted April 18, 2015 Very creepy. Especially as it has me travelling 10 miles to somewhere I've never been before whilst sat at my desk at work. You may not have gone, but maybe your phone got bored? Aergan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 You may not have gone, but maybe your phone got bored? Most certainly. I would be sick of my twitter feed by now if I were a handset. cecilbowers and MikeChipshop 1 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted April 18, 2015 Member Share Posted April 18, 2015 Most certainly. I would be sick of my twitter feed by now if I were a handset. Then my phone hates me. It regularly shows as going off for long walks in the mountains by itself. I'd gather it's purely down to bad GPS signal in the area. I know of several dead spots around here that send GPS devices bananas. Aergan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I love location history, it's really interesting to go back month by month and see where I travelled. Always fun to do! MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachno 1D Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 (joke)Hmm the mrs better not see this page (/joke) MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted April 18, 2015 Veteran Share Posted April 18, 2015 When you disable it, are you just disabling if you're able to view it, and Google tracks you anyways regardless? Think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted April 18, 2015 Member Share Posted April 18, 2015 I love location history, it's really interesting to go back month by month and see where I travelled. Always fun to do! Yeah i always find it very interesting. I track most of my stuff using the cycling app, Strava, but it's always good to see where i wandered on random days. Ambroos 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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