Congress Rep Poe Questions Google CEO about Tracking Through Phones
I have an iPhone and if I move from here and go over there and sit with my Democrat friends, which will make them real nervous, does Google track my movement? Does Google through this phone know that I have moved here and moved over to the left? It’s either yes or no. So Google tracks and knows that I am moving over there. It’s not a trick question. You know, you make a hundred million dollars a year, you ought to be able to answer that question. Does Google know through this phone that I am moving over there and sit next to Mr. Johnson, which would make him real nervous? It’s his question. It’s yes or no.
EuroNews Reports of Google Tracking your Location
If you thought Google stopped tracking you after you turned off location services on your phone, think again. An investigation by the Associated Press (PDF Link below) found that each time you turned on Maps, checked the weather or used a web browser, Big Google is tracking you.
Google Location History – Still Will Track Your Location
The company claims for a private life just turn off location history. There’s a discrepancy between what people can understand and what companies are doing. I think the perfect example is you express your choices. You went the extra way and went through the preferences and decided you don’t want your location to be tracked and a company is still tracking you.
News Site Reports on Google Tracking You Through Your Phone
So it goes beyond the expectation of the reasonable expectation of people. Last year, the news site Quartz revealed that Google was tracking Android users by collecting the addresses of nearby cell phone towers, even if location services were turned off. There are 2 billion users of devices that run Google‘s Android operating software and hundreds of millions of iPhone users who rely on Google for maps or search. Critics have accused the company of using location to boost advertising revenue.
AP Exclusive: Google tracks your movements, like it or not
