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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by meibo on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:21AM (#25068684)
Is posting such baity non-journalism on here nowadays a way to farm karma?

This doesn't give anyone actual value, most of the things listed are common sense and if you use Google Maps, you are probably already aware of it. I'd wager that some people use Maps exactly because these features make it convenient.

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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by jwr on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:54AM (#25068842)
While this article might look obvious to you, most people will be surprised by what they read. We need more articles like this, so that everybody realizes how their data is used, processed, farmed, and sold.
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by vixen99 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:58AM (#25068858)
Try not to imagine everyone sees the world through your eyes.
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by yreg on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:18AM (#25069005)
This is hn, I expect the content of the article to be obvious to everyone here.
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by Applethief on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:59PM (#25077022)
Yes, that is correct. But, this article was posted on Vice and then shared to hacker news. To its primary audience, this is mind blowing.
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by Hnrobert42 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:58AM (#25069334)
The other comments show this is not obvious to everyone.
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by stinos on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:28AM (#25069076)
'most' perhaps, 'everyone', not so much
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by C1sc0cat on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:38AM (#25068755)
Yes the fact that I can check my phone in the morning for my commute and get an accurate (ish) bus time including delays is great, I can avoid a long wait for a bus at and have another cup of coffee.

Though as I live next door to a pub in my village it used to keep checking me in - google probably thinks I have a drinking problem :-)

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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by Hnrobert42 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:57AM (#25069330)
Given the other comments, this is not obvious to everyone.
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