Love to play computer games On August 14, it was reported by the Associated Press that many Google software on Android devices and iPhones will store users' location information, even if you don't want Google to know your location history data.

The Associated Press commissioned researchers from Princeton University to help investigate. Researchers found that Google generally requests users to approve the location permissions of relevant applications. For example, Google Maps, if the user agrees to record the location, the software will display your activity track in the "timeline" function.

It should be noted that Google has added the "Location History" option in its settings, and claims that users can turn off history at any time. After turning off this function, users' location information will not be saved. But this is not the case. The researchers used an Android phone with location history closed to go out for activities, and found that many places he had visited were recorded on his Google account, so the Associated Press believed that Google's closing function was useless.

Google spokesman said that Google may use location data in different ways to improve user experience. The company has provided clear descriptions and powerful control rights in these software services, so that users can open or close them at any time and delete corresponding records. We may understand Google's statement in this way. The description of obtaining location permission has been written in the software user agreement, but the user did not look carefully before clicking "Agree". It is OK to close the location record, which is very troublesome.

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