Google is facing a lawsuit for tracking people even when they opt out

Re:Google is facing a lawsuit for tracking people even when ... by shadowgovt on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:57PM (#23849021)

Depending on your camera settings, your camera will attach lat-lon in the metadata of the photo when it takes the photo.

Google doesn't have to rifle through anything; from the application's point of view, that information is as clear as the filename and the color of the top-left pixel.

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Re:Google is facing a lawsuit for tracking people even when ... by pirocks on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:20PM (#23849374)

I've had Google correctly identify location for photos taken on a dumb camera with no location Metadata.

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Re:Google is facing a lawsuit for tracking people even when ... by geraltofrivia on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:52PM (#23849892)

I use Google photos to store, organise and back-up my photos. My camera does not have geotagging. And they do infer the geolocation (city/region) based on the GPS data from my phone at the time the photo was taken. If I change the metadata, the location changes.

I have mixed feelings about sharing my location with Google at all times, but this one feature is actually very useful to me, and provides real value.

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Re:Google is facing a lawsuit for tracking people even when ... by shadowgovt on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:25PM (#23849453)

That's interesting, and I wonder how they do that. Things I'd want to know include:

* what app you used to upload the image to Google

* what Google app / service identified the image

* how you uploaded it (i.e. if you uploaded it via a smartphone with location services on, I imagine Google is allowed to say "Hey, this upload is being done at this lat/lon, which I've determined either from GPS or from cell and wifi triangulation").

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