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Associated Press reporters published the results of an investigation, according to which Google services are monitoring mobile users, even if they have disabled the recording of "Location History".
Every time a user wants to use a service like Google Maps, the device asks for permission to access the location data (for example, if it is needed for navigation). According to the Associated Press, if the user of an iOS or Android device does not give permission, many Google services will still spy on him. Even if the "location history" is deliberately disabled. In fact, disabling it only means that the information is not entered into the Timeline and is not visible to the user.
As it turned out, to completely abandon tracking, you need to dig into your account settings and find the Web and App Activity item, which is active by default. Data collection stops only after it is turned off.
Google representatives have already commented on the Associated Press publication, saying that the company does not violate anything and provides users with all the necessary tools to disable information collection and clear history. Google also noted that location data helps to improve the quality of user experience.
However, experts at Princeton University and the Associated Press still call it "surveillance" and insist that turning off "location history" should turn off "surveillance", and the company is misleading users. According to researchers, the privacy of two billion Android users and hundreds of millions of iOS users is at risk.
Every time a user wants to use a service like Google Maps, the device asks for permission to access the location data (for example, if it is needed for navigation). According to the Associated Press, if the user of an iOS or Android device does not give permission, many Google services will still spy on him. Even if the "location history" is deliberately disabled. In fact, disabling it only means that the information is not entered into the Timeline and is not visible to the user.
To confirm their concerns, the journalists enlisted the support of scientists from Princeton University. Together, they managed to recreate a map of all the movements of one of the researchers, although the Location History function on his Android smartphone was disabled.
As it turned out, to completely abandon tracking, you need to dig into your account settings and find the Web and App Activity item, which is active by default. Data collection stops only after it is turned off.
Google representatives have already commented on the Associated Press publication, saying that the company does not violate anything and provides users with all the necessary tools to disable information collection and clear history. Google also noted that location data helps to improve the quality of user experience.
However, experts at Princeton University and the Associated Press still call it "surveillance" and insist that turning off "location history" should turn off "surveillance", and the company is misleading users. According to researchers, the privacy of two billion Android users and hundreds of millions of iOS users is at risk.
