Google's creepiest thing since Glass?

Harrison Lee • Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Google's creepiest thing since Glass?</h1>
                <h2><p>Wired reports on Google’s release of a new feature called “Your Timeline.” If you opt for this update, you can use Google Maps to view a list of locations you’ve visited in the past, day, month and year. The user can also see the specific path they took</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/harrison-lee-crosscut-com/">Harrison Lee</a></p> 
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            <p>Wired reports on <a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/07/every-move-make-google-maps-will-watching/?ref=avalancheghost.one">Google’s release of a new feature called “Your Timeline.” </a>If you opt for this update, you can use Google Maps to view a list of locations you’ve visited in the past, day, month and year. The user can also see the specific path they took to go from point A to B. The next step in tech companies gathering information on their users? Google explicitly states, “Your Timeline is private and visible only to you.” Feel better? The Wired writer calls the statement "a little disingenuous."</p>
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Wired reports on Google’s release of a new feature called “Your Timeline.” If you opt for this update, you can use Google Maps to view a list of locations you’ve visited in the past, day, month and year. The user can also see the specific path they took to go from point A to B. The next step in tech companies gathering information on their users? Google explicitly states, “Your Timeline is private and visible only to you.” Feel better? The Wired writer calls the statement "a little disingenuous."

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By Harrison Lee

Harrison Lee is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He is a senior at Seattle Academy. He has had journalistic experience working with Microsoft in Bangalore, India. In Seattle, he produced an investigat