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| Planr:
popular times for what? OP is so ambiguous |
| Rally:
--- Quote from: hootaloo on September 28, 2017, 02:54:29 PM ---what program is requesting the location? --- End quote --- Any program run/made by Google with location services turned on. I guess it extends to any Android phone. I think. I don't really know. Unsurprisingly Google hasn't been incredibly forthcoming about how they retrieve our information. |
| Trogtor:
--- Quote from: Planr on September 28, 2017, 03:00:16 PM ---popular times for what? OP is so ambiguous --- End quote --- for local places. just like how google maps can give you info like ratings and hours opened for stores near you. it uses geographical data to track how long people tend to stay at that store. for example this is statistics for the amount of time people spend at the local walmart 3 minutes from me |
| Planr:
--- Quote from: Trogtor on September 28, 2017, 03:02:58 PM ---for local places. --- End quote --- like what? the internet traffic to the business's website? |
| Trogtor:
--- Quote from: Planr on September 28, 2017, 03:03:54 PM ---like what? the internet traffic to the business's website? --- End quote --- literal physical places. walmart, a gas station, your dang dentist office, whatever physical building you enter for whatever service. |
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