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08-17-2014, 12:38 PM
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#1 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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click on the link and set it for 30 days. you're movements will pop up. wonder what CiC will say about this. https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/b/0 | 
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08-17-2014, 12:46 PM
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#2 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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*yawn* wasn't there something about Apple doing this a few years ago?
It's all part of giving you all those neat personalized features that you love and expect from your advanced technology.
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08-17-2014, 01:00 PM
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#3 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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This is actually handy, sometimes I don't update my work calendar for a few days and then I forget where I was and for how long when I need to submit my hours. Seeing as the GPS reception sucks on my phone, and I usually have the WiFi off so it isn't constantly latching onto Shaw Go and Starbucks hotspots, it only gives a rough approximation of the area I was in, anyway (cel tower triangulation).
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08-17-2014, 01:28 PM
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You have no location history from July 19, 2014 to August 17, 2014
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08-17-2014, 01:36 PM
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#5 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by Alby Google Has Been Tracking Your Moves | for what?
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08-17-2014, 01:45 PM
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#6 | | #savethemanuals
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Originally Posted by Jmac You have no location history from July 19, 2014 to August 17, 2014 | Same.
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08-17-2014, 01:52 PM
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#7 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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It's turned off by default unless the user turns it on themselves.
Essentially, Google is the tool you used to track yourself.
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08-17-2014, 02:01 PM
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#8 | | Banned By Establishment
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Who cares.
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08-17-2014, 03:47 PM
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#9 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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as much as i hate being tracked i've come to accept being mined for personal information as the cost of free useful tools like google maps
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08-17-2014, 04:21 PM
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#10 | | The Brown Reason
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Personally I don't mind. I get updates on my phone about where I parked (in case I forget), travel time to work/school/home as well as showing me alternative routes to take to save time. I got nothing to hide and don't think I'm interesting enough to stalk so I could care less
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08-17-2014, 04:48 PM
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#11 | | MiX iT Up!
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Originally Posted by Jmac You have no location history from July 19, 2014 to August 17, 2014 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Energy Same. | Same. We must be good at hiding from google. *HI-FIVE* guys.
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08-17-2014, 05:17 PM
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#12 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Uh...how does this work? I have no Data on my phone..  | |
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08-17-2014, 05:25 PM
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#13 | | I wish I was where I was when I wished I was here
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Originally Posted by SpeedStars Uh...how does this work? I have no Data on my phone.. | Wifi or bluetooth maybe
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08-17-2014, 05:44 PM
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#14 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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holy shit hope the wife doesn't see this...
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08-17-2014, 05:45 PM
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#15 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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you better sign out of your google account  | |
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08-17-2014, 06:02 PM
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#16 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by hchang Wifi or bluetooth maybe | Not possible with Bluetooth, but location data is why Google Street View cars were recording WiFi locations as they travelled around. You also don't need a data connection for tracking to work on cell towers - the phone merely logs what towers it's picking up as you go along (action@location type apps like Llama will even show you those logs).
Between that and the WiFi, you can get an approximation (usually within 100-200m) of your position, but typically not much more refined than that. High-accuracy location requires GPS.
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08-17-2014, 11:26 PM
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#17 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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Originally Posted by Asmodeus holy shit hope the wife doesn't see this... | you know there's an option to clear all history right?
look on the left....
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08-17-2014, 11:53 PM
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#18 | | Banned (ABWS)?
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08-18-2014, 06:36 AM
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#19 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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If you have Location services turned off, I guess thats why some of you guys dont have your "Moves" tracked...
LMAO... if you ever wundered where your GF/Wife went and suspected something... and knows her google account... DAYUM... hell could break loooooose...
guy: WTF.. where did you go last night..
girl: what do you mean?
guy: google told me you went HERE!
girl: google? wtf... goooooogle...
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08-18-2014, 07:58 AM
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#20 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by dhillon09 Personally I don't mind. I get updates on my phone about where I parked (in case I forget), travel time to work/school/home as well as showing me alternative routes to take to save time. I got nothing to hide and don't think I'm interesting enough to stalk so I could care less | Ughh the google now cards are really creepy in how handy and accurate they are.
I still remember the first time I parked my car, I went into a seminar, and half way through I saw the card notifying me of where and when I parked my car.
Slowly I have gotten used to it, the features are handy as all hell, as you can monitor when you parked, and if you have to go back to the car to add more for parking or w/e.
Overall i'm fine with it, "the man" can watch me all he wants, he's the one thats going to get bored, since I am pretty boring.
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08-18-2014, 07:58 AM
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LOL I have no location service for the past 30days.... I guess turning off location service and GPS on your phone does block google from knowing where you are.
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08-18-2014, 10:36 AM
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#22 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Originally Posted by meme405 Ughh the google now cards are really creepy in how handy and accurate they are. | Speaking of google cards, does anybody else have this issue where cards come up asking you if you are interested in some random place you never googled?
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08-18-2014, 11:05 AM
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#23 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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It isn't exactly accurate, it shows me being places that I haven't been to in the 30 day period, primarily SFU. I have a feeling it's including cell towers, I don't know why, it's also leaving out certain locations I HAVE been to lately. 
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08-18-2014, 11:23 AM
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#24 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Wow, this is fun, HAHAHA
Useful for when you forgot what happened after drinking a little too much
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08-18-2014, 11:28 AM
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you can turn it off in Google Settings if you want. But I leave it on so I can see what hilarious shapes I can draw
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