Security News > 2018 > August > Turning off Location History doesn’t prevent Google from knowing your location

If you believe that by turning off Location History on your Android device or iPhone means that Google won’t be able to know your location, think again: Princeton University researchers have confirmed Google services store users’ location regardless of those settings. The research was performed on behalf of Associated Press, whose interest was piqued by a blog post by a graduate researcher at UC Berkeley, who noticed that her Android phone prompted her to rate … More → The post Turning off Location History doesn’t prevent Google from knowing your location appeared first on Help Net Security.

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