the worst bit is that I do turn on all my location services especially for WAZE when I drive which is literally every day but still no one is monitoring me I really feel left out now.
I don't have a smartphone and I don't use Google search, nor have I ever given my phone number to Google, Facebook et al, but still Google knew my full name when my mate tapped my number into his new phone, because Gmail had downloaded his entire address book on his last phone. That freaked me out a bit.
There are ways to game the system... http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...rancisco-penis
You know, Google and Apple use people's movements to update their maps with accurate road layouts, up to date traffic info and, combined with search history, address info. They basically crowd sources us to be their cartographers.
by Stoller/Leiber
recorded by The Coasters, 1958
You can hide down in the alley
With your hat pulled over your eyes
You can wear a wig or moustache
Or any old disguise.
You can change your name and address
Even change your style of clothes
But the Shadow knows, the Shadow knows.
You thought you had me baffled
You thought I didn't know
But I know where you're going, baby
Long before you go.
You can't even snap your fingers
Or wiggle your toes
Without the Shadow knows, the Shadow knows.
So baby, stop your jiving
And your messing round
Cos I know what you're putting, baby
Long before you put it down.
You'd better watch your p's and q's
And your m's and n's and o's
Because the Shadow knows, the Shadow knows.