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How Google ‘Tricks’ Users into Sharing Location Data

https://www.sherbit.io/how-google-tricks-users-into-sharing-location-data/

by cybernot • 11 years ago

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blackoil• 11 years ago

Location info is too valuable even for Google, just got tempted to dark patterns.

flashman• 11 years ago

Blogpost from six months ago, subsequently patched. OP also only submits articles from this domain.

pascalmemories• 11 years ago

The blog has the date (at the end) and also prominently at the top :

"UPDATE: Google has corrected this behavior as of Android OS 5.0 (“Lollipop”)"

However, it is very odd that the account was created 24 days ago and has submitted 20 pages from the same site since then. It does look like some sort of paid advertising or site traffic generation account.

Perhaps one for HN mods to look at a bit more closely.

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