Yes Folks you need to read about Google’s Timeline feature if you have not heard about it before. What it is basically is a snapshot of your life for the last 4-5 years. Where you have been, what pics you’ve taken down to the very time and day you were there. Now for some people it may be a good thing, but when I went and looked at my “TimeLine” it sorta freaked me out. Not that there was anything to worry about, but the idea that Google has been bird dogging me on a map since July (Yes I know much sooner) but to see it on a map..Well you be the Judge. And that’s the point. It seems law enforcement is now using this treasure trove of info to go after people 5-6 yrs back…Just saying.

So a quick story on it, and then how to go in your phone and computer to shut off the setting. BTW I don’t know about you, but I always turn my GPS setting to off. Nobody needs to keep track off me. It drains the battery, and if you do need the map function just turn GPS on for a while.

HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN USE GOOGLE TIMELINE TO TRACK YOUR EVERY MOVE

THE RECENT EXPANSION of Google’s Timeline feature can provide investigators unprecedented access to users’ location history data, allowing them in many cases to track a person’s every move over the course of years, according to a report recently circulated to law enforcement.

“The personal privacy implications are pretty clear but so are the law enforcement applications,” according to the document, titled “Google Timelines: Location Investigations Involving Android Devices,” which outlines the kind of information investigators can now obtain.

The Timeline allows users to look back at their daily movements on a map; that same information is also potentially of interest to law enforcement. “It is now possible to submit a legal demand to Google for location history greater than six months old,” the report says. “This could revitalize cold cases and potentially help solve active investigations.”

The report was written by a law enforcement trainer, Aaron Edens, and provides detailed guidance on the wealth of historic location information available through Google Timeline and how to request it. A copy of of the document was obtained by The Intercept.

The expansion of Google’s Timeline feature, launched in July 2015, allows investigators to request detailed information about where someone has been — down to the longitude and latitude — over the course of years. Previously, law enforcement could only yield recent location information.

The 15-page document includes what information its author, an expert in mobile phone investigations, found being stored in his own Timeline: historic location data — extremely specific data — dating back to 2009, the first year he owned a phone with an Android operating system. Those six years of data, he writes, show the kind of information that law enforcement investigators can now obtain from Google.

The document also notes that users can edit or delete specific locations in their history, or an entire day, stressing the importance of preservation letters for criminal investigators involving Android phones. “Unfortunately, Google has made it very easy to delete location history from a specific date,” he wrote.

There is no indication data is recoverable from Google once it has been deleted by the user, the report says.

Location data is only stored in users’ Google accounts if they enable the feature. Individual Android users can turn it off, but users often don’t.

More from Theintercept.com Here!

OK, so to get to the settings on your computers go to link below.

Google Is A PooPoo Head

You’ll see this

Manage your Location History
On your computer, go to your timeline. ( Link Provided)
Click the settings icon . ( Looks like this *)
Choose an option. You can learn more about them below.
Delete all Location History

On your Phone open Google Maps, check settings button , look for TimeLine, and if on Turn Off.

~Steve~