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Sorry to post my shitty neofetch to this community

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Once a month google sends me this email. "Your timeline".

It's a map with this line drawn on it showing everyplace I went that month. Home to work to the grocery store to my dealer's etc.

Why are they showing this to me? Is it an advertisement of services? A brag? A threat?

It's a smidge disturbing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me, it is useful. At the very least, such a blatant display of tracking information means people will know about it and disable it if necessary.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It should be an opt in feature, but it has helped me a couple times. I got beat up pretty bad after leaving a bar and couldn't remember anything about the night, was able to retrace my steps from the google stuff.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It is opt in. someone didn't read.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh that's spooky. What phone do you have? I was almost gonna say that it's likely a pixel thing, but I have one too, so idk why they would brag with your data.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Huh, interesting. Thanks for sharing.