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Google's tracking you, even with Location History off (Alphabet City)

2018-08-21
welcome to alphabet city this is the show that covers everything related to alphabet Inc alphabet happens to own all kinds of companies including Google jigsaw flan Joe and verily one of those is made up I'll let you figure out which one I'm your guide I as actor and you are the incredible audience today we're talking about dual booting Chromebooks 5g phones the pixel three XL leaks again and more but first up let's talk about Google tracking you let's head on over to the gardens of Google The Associated Press conducted an investigation and found that that Google is tracking your location data even if you've turned location history off this location tracking would happen on both Android and iOS devices the AP was smart they even had researchers at Princeton confirm what it had found out yep Google is tracking even with the privacy setting on so what happens when you turn location history off Google will not add where you went to your Google Maps timeline so what's being tracked and when whether or not you have location history on or off the AP says quote some Google apps automatically store time-stamped location data without asking end quote the AP points to Google Maps storing a location when you open the app and weather updates on Android tracking where you are to completely turn off all location tracking you'll have to turn off web and app activity where is that I had to do Google search it's at this URL my account google.com slash activity controls in a support page Google clarified about what the location history setting does the setting does not affect other location services on your device like Google location services and find my device the AP noted that page used to say with location history off the places you go are no longer stored to the chrome-dome xda-developers has published another report saying Windows 10 dual booting it's coming to some Chromebooks this time they say it's codenamed a campfire and it would be like apples boot camp on top of that multiple Chromebooks will get this ability not just the pixel book we may see the function in action as soon as Google's October pixel event we're going to head on over to Android Avenue full line this is no rumor Samsung head of mobile DJ Koh said that the Galaxy S 10 will not be its first 5g phone instead that honor will go to another Samsung phone Kony is still gunning to introduced the world's first foldable phone to 5g wireless should be rolling out next year Sprint and LG have announced they will introduce a 5g phone in the first half of next year Sprint + LG you know that adds up to no excitement whatsoever Google revised Google fit the new fit app will now track your movements and heart points move minutes cover small changes to your health heart points tracks your activities fit will use your watch or phones who automatically detect your actions the new fit comes to where OS and Android this week pixels are the first devices to get Android updates and that's not always a good thing owners of the original pixel and pixel XL found out that the PI upgrade disabled their phones ability to fast charge Google told CNN it's working to fix the problem guess what the pixel three XL seems to have leaked again yes it happens all the time at this point mobile syrup published a picture of what looks like the pixel 3 XL in the wild guess what it still has that ridiculous notch on the top and a big old chin Motorola has decided to introduce the iPhone 10 I mean the Motorola P 30 look at this thing for some reason Motorola didn't put an Apple logo on the back you done screwed up moto I know Omar will be happy because we're covering the Nexus player over on the XDA Developers forum people are reporting that their Nexus players are dying now why is that that's really unclear factory reset are not working for some one floor member said they had to flash they stock android from the developer site to get the player to work again the player was introduced in 2014 and Google stopped directly someone the Nexus player in 2016 to YouTube Union YouTube removed an ad for the horror movie than none the six-second dad would play before other videos apparently the video will show a volume setting increase and then lowering completely that's when the nun would show up and start screaming YouTube said the ad violated its shocking content policy and that's why I removed it time to head on over to the newly named way my way earlier this month Morgan Stanley said that alphabets way mo could be worth one hundred and seventy five billion dollars one of its analysts said that way Mo's autonomous taxi business could be worth around 75 billion on its own it's not too shabby onward to comment Cove this is the part of the show where we point a spotlight at the greatest audience in the world you see ballin says Google lost me at 4 gigabytes no flagship devices shipped with 4 gigabytes when even the mid rangers have more now the 1 plus 6 has 8 gigabytes ffs Mahesh writes the pixel does not have a headphone jack that's a bummer Google should learn from Samsung and keep it prove the rumors false also keep the price ahem under $9.99 no we don't want a phone that costs a grand he says he's in the good fans please give me a shout-out consider this a shout-out quantum availa says but do you really read every comment 50 imaginative dollars if you manage to read this one in the sea of unending comments yes I do I'll be collecting that money in my mind Anoop writes you only speak of big brands or flagship you forget Android one devices which are we good I asked him if there were any Android one devices that grabbed his attention he mentioned the me a to the me a to light and the Nokia 8 thanks for that info thanks to everyone for writing in if you've enjoyed your stay in Alphabet City please like and subscribe I'm iies Akhtar and I'll see you online okay so a lot of you guys are asking shoutout so here goes hey you sama Carlos iam on to me show George Alex Napoleon 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