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  1. Burgundy Red

    Burgundy Red Well-Known Member

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    They're taking the ******* piss.
     
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    What's that about then?
     
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    I love it and hate it at the same time. Big Brother is most certainly watching.
     
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    They track where you are then every month they send you a map with a summary of your movements and places you've visited. As @TonyTyke says it's equally interesting and alarming usually but right now it's not exactly informative. Ooh look, I was at home all yesterday. And the day before...
     
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    I went mountaineering on the Lincolnshire coast yesterday, fishing in Derbyshire the day before and visited a communal bbq in Devon the day before that.
    Thing is, I left my phone at home.
    Doesn't really work, does it.
     
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    Burgundy Red Well-Known Member

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    It probably will once they've parsed this post and cross-referenced your username. Give them time.
     
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    In 10, 20, 50? years time we'll all have a chip implanted which will track us . No need for bank pins, debit/credit card/cash, we'll just scan as we go.
     
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    I turned it off in settings. Doesn't mean to say they are not tracking me, I just don't get a report anymore!
     
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    Surely it’d be much more interesting to just remember where you’ve been
     
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    It's a bit like my Google Calendar. Everyday I wake up it says:

    "You have no events today".

    Groundhog day.
     
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    The number of the beast.
     
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    I won't be having one.
     
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    Ah, the optimism of youth.
     
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    Moved my car back a bit on the drive the other day, it said traffic is light, Grove Street is a 14 minute drive..... it’s almost daring me!
     
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    Just on the shoulder aint it. think quite a few have been trialling it.
     
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    Another exciting update.
     
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    I’m hating the you have memories bit. Keep showing pictures of football matches and good times in the pub.
     
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    My life may not be particularly Instagrammable and I am in quarantine but still, these monthly updates from Google Maps are really beginning to make me think I may have taken a few wrong turns somewhere along the way (no pun intended).

    Welford.jpg
     
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    Hot dogging spot that aint it - (so i hear :D)
     
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    Turned my location off after getting that email from Google timeline.
     
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