Check your settings if you don't want Google tracking every move


Olde Hornet

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MORRO BAY, Calif. – I stepped out of the car and took a visit to a local hotel here right off the main road. It was so easy to find, I didn't have to use Google Maps to get there.

So imagine my surprise when I later looked up the hotel on Google and saw this message: "You visited here two days ago."

That was Google's Location History talking, the search giant's controversial people-tracking feature that's billed as a tool to help Google make better suggestions on places to eat and visit.

For me, Google had indeed made a detailed record of everywhere I went – from strolling along the waterfront, where I bought gas, and even when I pulled off the road on the way home and got out of the car to take a photo of a railroad bridge in Gaviota, California.
 
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