Companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds
iOS now forcing &quot;While Using&quot; option on all apps is the greatest thing ever. Before this, some apps where forcing the &quot;Always&quot; option on users. Uber and Waze come to mind.<p>iOS also gives you a warning from time to time about apps using your location in the background. I think iOS right now has the best location management.<p>---<p>People are surprised when seeing the Activity section in Google&#x27;s account details, then freak out about Google tracking their location. At the very least Google is being transparent about it and gives you the option to turn that shit off.<p>Also I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Google Maps now remembers searches you&#x27;ve made without location history or app activity tracking being active. This wasn&#x27;t the case about a year ago, when I last tried it, a dark pattern of sorts. They probably changed the behavior being forced by the GDPR or something similar.<p>So if you haven&#x27;t done so, turn off &quot;Location History&quot; in your Google account: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;myaccount.google.com&#x2F;activitycontrols" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;myaccount.google.com&#x2F;activitycontrols</a> (I turn everything off and I don&#x27;t see a difference in usability)<p>---<p>On the article, I love the maps and the animations. Visualization is the best way to make people understand the threat.<p>On GDPR, I&#x27;ve seen people complaining about the high cost for implementing it, however for privacy it is a godsend.