Author Topic: BEWARE MAP APPS AND LOCATION HISTORY - MY WIFE WENT CRAZY WHEN SHE FOUND IT  (Read 28173 times)

Offline threechilliman

And I'm - afaik - a sort-of widower on his own. Not heard of, or from, the OH since about 2005.



How many of us read that rather enviously? :D

Offline funfungoodguy

A lot interconnects these days even if you try to hide it, in the event of the authorities wanting to know, they have ways to find out. Criminals are caught often because the fuzz and other agencies can get into most of what we do, where we go, what we text, our finances, card transactions and all that. A problem may originate not from you but from perhaps a WG you see getting into bother of some sort and the authorities then looking to see who was involved with her/ went there/ left DNA there or whatever. It is probably almost impossible to avoid being caught on one or several CCTVs going to a WG's premises. Facial Recognition tech. is spreading. Follow all precautions mentioned but don't assume you can be below the radar completely. Some car makes can be monitored by the makers (note one maker that recently remotely disabled in car features that a used car buyer had not purchased), soon most cars will be trackable, cheap little trackers can already be bought online for anyone to use. And, the tech companies seem to exchange data (it is what they make money out of - Amazon has been collecting and analysing data on anybody that even looked at its sites, for twenty years now) or sell it to each other and more so as they buy and sell each other in the race to get our trade and money, so if you think you cannot be discovered one way or another, sooner or later, then IMHO that's a mistake. If you are going to do this, then there are risks of getting caught, catching something, or probably having some other unpleasant turbulence sooner or later. Meantime have safe fun and didn't mean to be teaching a boring lesson in egg sucking....   !!
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Couple of days later I borrowed her phone and purely by chance clocked my porn searches and UKP in the google search history on her phone. Proper marriage ending stuff. Had cold sweats for days until she went for a nap and I got a chance to selectively clear my searches from her history. A blanket wipe would have been obvious.

Still to this day don’t know how she never noticed as she’s never off her phone  :scare:

Yeah right... Lucky for you that your wife isn't as nosey as you are. :lol:

Offline bigboy96

In addition to Google maps, I'm not sure if this has been mentioned previously (I haven't trawled the pages), but if you have an iPhone in your pocket or car when you visit someone your location is saved without even using any maps if you have 'significant Locations' on. You can turn this off and delete your history so don't worry.

Check for yourselves. I had quite the shock, I never realised - it pin pointed me to one particular girls house on 4 occasions when I had visited in the past.

Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Significant Locations.

I never knew about this! I just had a look and as it's a new phone there is not  much on it, but it's certainly random in what has been saved. A few addresses I never recognised turned out to be where I waited for buses! One address had me at at house for 83 minutes! Yet I simply drove through the town and never stopped, except at traffic lights etc. I've turned it off now.

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In addition to Google maps, I'm not sure if this has been mentioned previously (I haven't trawled the pages), but if you have an iPhone in your pocket or car when you visit someone your location is saved without even using any maps if you have 'significant Locations' on. You can turn this off and delete your history so don't worry.

Check for yourselves. I had quite the shock, I never realised - it pin pointed me to one particular girls house on 4 occasions when I had visited in the past.

Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Significant Locations.
Once you get to significant locations mine would need a finger print :unknown:
Is there any way around this :unknown:

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Once you get to significant locations mine would need a finger print :unknown:
Is there any way around this :unknown:

Reportedly there are ways to lift a fingerprint to gain access to phones (e.g. sellotape) but I don't know successful they really are. You could try faking your own phone. I've read stories of partners gaining access to phones when the other half is asleep. I suspect if your OH was going this far to check your phone, looking at significant locations is the least of your problems.

Offline heathen666

Be careful of Waze as well. It randomly popped up the other day notifying me of a road closure near my regular who is miles away. Luckily I dismissed it before my wife saw it.

Offline Dav618id

[And I'm - afaik - a sort-of widower on his own. Not heard of, or from, the OH since about 2005.]

was that the time you had an extension built.

:D

Offline Home Alone

No; the "Extension Fund" became the "Punting Budget" around that time.

What a coincidence, eh? ;) :D :D :D

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Reportedly there are ways to lift a fingerprint to gain access to phones (e.g. sellotape) but I don't know successful they really are. You could try faking your own phone. I've read stories of partners gaining access to phones when the other half is asleep. I suspect if your OH was going this far to check your phone, looking at significant locations is the least of your problems.
Well yes this would be true I would have more to worry about. Its not that bad as yet. I'm more curious as to where she goes sometimes :unknown:

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Well yes this would be true I would have more to worry about. Its not that bad as yet. I'm more curious as to where she goes sometimes :unknown:

Well, it works both ways and sometime ignorance is bliss.

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Read that bit about the crossbow attacker?, he'd have got away with it but the Old Bill found that his Jag car had some telementy system in it that Jag had on record After he'd destroyed the car or burnt it?

Seems to record everything even I think when you open the fecking doors!

Big bro is here OK seems, now that the only you can move around unseen is have shed loads of Cash and a noddy NCB suit and use a bike everywhere!

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Read that bit about the crossbow attacker?, he'd have got away with it but the Old Bill found that his Jag car had some telementy system in it that Jag had on record After he'd destroyed the car or burnt it?

Seems to record everything even I think when you open the fecking doors!

Big bro is here OK seems, now that the only you can move around unseen is have shed loads of Cash and a noddy NCB suit and use a bike everywhere!
Extend this thought to having Alexa in the kitchen. She listens to every thing as well, including any bookings!!! :scare:

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Well, it works both ways and sometime ignorance is bliss.
Agreed , which is why I've not pursued it.  :hi:

Offline oldmanking

the beauty of 'incognito' browsing on a laptop, then erasing recent destinations from my sat-nav......  even though i don't need to hide from a mrs.  but wouldn't want whoever found my stuff in event of a fatal accident, or other death related event, to discover certain secrets, like all of us.

Offline WelshClipper

Someone please punch a hole in my logic.....

1) I have a dumb punter phone that I keep offsite and pick up on punting days. It just has texting and phoning on it, dont use it for anything else.

2) I also take my private phone with me. I need this for 4G and google maps so I dont get lost, am not late for booking and plus any civvie stuff. I aint goin back to AtoZ books.

If you look at my timeline, the hour or half hour in question is a pub or coffee shop or some other local attraction close to where I am meant to be. Looking at my timeline history there is nothing suspicious.

What am I missing  :unknown:

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Read that bit about the crossbow attacker?, he'd have got away with it but the Old Bill found that his Jag car had some telementy system in it that Jag had on record After he'd destroyed the car or burnt it?

Seems to record everything even I think when you open the fecking doors!

Big bro is here OK seems, now that the only you can move around unseen is have shed loads of Cash and a noddy NCB suit and use a bike everywhere!


Now that cats out of the bag you can expect ten year old Beemers and Mercs to go up in price: they'll be the drug dealer and trafficker favourite cars of choice

Offline leatherlover

Wow
I always delete all evidence and I use a  basic payas you go phone when I'm contacting escorts and leave it at my work drawer.

The work drawer is interesting. I always wonder if people notice when I offload my keys, wallet, ID etc into my drawer? Maybe a fellow punter would suspect...

Offline magnetico

This happened to me a few years back with my Note 3. It literally tracked every location.
Make sure to turn of location services!!!!

Google maps location history, or a Samsung service ?

Offline Titti Tatti

Have just deleted Google Maps off my Samsung


Checking the weekend history it's no longer showing specific stops but the roads I travelled on still show up?


Offline threechilliman

Have just deleted Google Maps off my Samsung


Checking the weekend history it's no longer showing specific stops but the roads I travelled on still show up?

Go in to your timeline and delete or better still switch it off.