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Daily Talker: Tracking Your Every Move

You may not be conscious of most of the time, but Google loves tracking your every move.

The tech giant is packaging that useful but invasive practice as a new tool for consumers.

Google has started rolling out a service called "Your Timeline", which allows users to track all the places they have been on a given day, month or year - whether that be a trip to the mall, a globe-trotting vacation or dinner at mom's.

"It straddles the line of creepy and cool",  CNET senior editor Jeff Bakalar told CBS News.

"You're talking about the information that is kind of out there, even if you have a phone, a GPS beacon in your pocket."

Your Timeline highlights the places you have been in chronological order and includes the exact times and how you got there - whether that be car, public transport or by foot. It also features a map with lines detailing your route on a given day.

In a blog post about Your Timeline, Google product manager Gerard Sanz said the service will be available on desktop and Android and can be accessed if you've opted-in to store your location history with Google.

It's worth noting, for those who may not want to retain evidence of a specific day or night, Google says Your Timeline "is private and visible only to you; and you control the locations you choose to keep."

 

What do you think of Google's "Your Timeline" feature that tracks where you've been?

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