Too Long; Didn't Read
Google’s <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/did-google-violate-users-privacy-when-it-secretly-kept-location-data/" target="_blank">sneaky attempts</a> to track people even when a phone’s location tracking is switched off, has put the spotlight on online tracking. I’m disappointed with Google as their products have generally enriched my life in many ways, and this one act has undone a lot of that goodwill. The funny thing is my phone’s location tracking was anyway always enabled. The feature helps me track where I myself was on a particular day, or find my way back to places that I once visited. But the relevant fact is I ‘allowed’ Google to track me. If Google were to do that without my permission, that would not be ok.