Location tracking by Google

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

7/26/20251 min read

For those who suspect that Big IT is up to something, here's something that could give additional creeps. Google tracks your location even if you have switched off 'Location history' in your account settings. This revelation was published in the Wired magazine recently, based on an investigation carried out by a researcher from Princeton university. The article then goes on to explain the other settings that need to be controlled to avoid Google from tracking your location, highlighting the fact that getting to these other settings is nothing short of an arduous challenge.

Given below is a link to the article that appeared in the Wired magazine.

https://www.wired.com/story/google-location-tracking-turn-off/