[Larryandlinda]

‘They’ know who you are, where you are,
What you’re doing, whom you know, where you’re going, and more.
You can drive but you cannot hide

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

I cannot imagine not having Google maps at my fingertips.

Yep, I use Google Maps and Waze all the time.
My Kia Sorrento doesn't have "Navigation", it works off my Iphone Google Maps.
Just set up Google Maps for location only...

[JoelJohnson]

Originally Posted by Garywt

I hate anything Google. I try to avoid it but they own other things. I use AAA triptiks and I use Bing Maps as well as GPS in the car.

Bing, part of Windows, is not any safer (maybe even less so). If you want to be scared, read the terms of service from Microsoft (if you can even find all the sub documents). With Windows they have the right to see everything on your computer and even though people say you can turn that off, there is no real way to check that. That's why I use a Chromebook for most things, but to be safe I use Linux.

[Cliff Fr]

Don't worry, they only use all of your information to suggest things you can buy to make your life better. It's all perfectly harmless

[Beyond The Wall]

Wake is owned by google

[OhioBuckeye]

Joe, I’m with Google but never got a message like this. (not yet anyhow) If I ever get a message like this I’ll drop Google faster than I read their warning. That’s BS & that’s being socialist! What server would you go to then?

[Andyb]

I would suggest a VPN network, regardless

[cphague]

Why do you think all these things like apps are "free"? If you are not paying for something with money, you are paying for it in other ways such as information about yourself that they can use to make money.

[Ken D.]

Originally Posted by davem4616

use the app Waze

Which is owned by Google

[juddfl]

My computer guy was here yesterday. He told me to use DuckDuckGo instead of google as they don't ask for your personal information. I tried it and it works great.

[oldtimes]

You are worried about Google and yet here you are on an open forum where anyone in the world can view what you post.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye

Joe, I’m with Google but never got a message like this. (not yet anyhow) If I ever get a message like this I’ll drop Google faster than I read their warning. That’s BS & that’s being socialist! What server would you go to then?

I get messages like that whenever I add a new app. Not always the same message, but similar. The message lets me know which types of access the app requires, in order for the app to work properly. And it lets me know which features it wants to use, that I can opt out on.

Sort of like - if you have a GPS app of ANY kind, you are giving it access to your location and identity, your camera, recorder, and the vehicle you are driving at any given moment. If it involves satellite communication, it will make use of ALL of that at some point or another. If you want GPS to work, you accept it. You can always de-activate those permissions when you're not using the GPS, and then reactivate them whenever you turn it on.

You can ALSO set your apps to not "run in the background" so they're only using those permissions ONLY when you're actively using the app. When you close the app, it ceases to continue communicating with your phone. This is also a great way to save battery power.

[Geodyssey]

Originally Posted by Cliff Fr

Don't worry, they only use all of your information to suggest things you can buy to make your life better. It's all perfectly harmless

Sen Schumer said last week "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear".

[Geodyssey]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

f you have a GPS app of ANY kind, you are giving it access to your location and identity, your camera, recorder, and the vehicle you are driving at any given moment. If it involves satellite communication, it will make use of ALL of that at some point or another. If you want GPS to work, you accept it. You can always de-activate those permissions when you're not using the GPS, and then reactivate them whenever you turn it on.

This is not true. GPS RECEIVERS are one-way devices. They are incapable of uploading any data to satellites.

Some GPS devices may also connect to cell or wifi services, but that's not necessary to determine your location from satellite data.

[coralway]

Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest

Don't worry. They probably have all of your information on hand already. They know where you bank, what you buy, what you eat and where you go.

100% correct