Category: location history

Incognito Mode for Google Maps has arrived on Android

Post author By Randall
Post date October 31, 2019
Categories In Android, data, gear, Google, Google Maps, incognito, location, location history, Mobile, Privacy, search, services, Tech, tracking

[ad_1] Open the Google Maps app Tap on your profile picture Tap on “Turn on Incognito mode” It’s not something you’ll want to use all the time as some features will be disabled, and it’s important to note that it doesn’t turn off all tracking. The places you go won’t be saved to your Location […]

Google faces surge in police requests for mobile location data

Post author By Randall
Post date April 14, 2019
Categories In Android, data, gear, Google, Internet, Law Enforcement, location, location history, Mobile, police, Privacy, sensorvault, Smartphone, Tech

[ad_1] Many of these requests come from relatively new “geofence” warrants that asks Google to hand over location info for every device that passed through a given area over a certain period of time. Google anonymizes the data at first, but it will provide names and other sensitive info if police believe it matches the […]