Google Latitude - Big Brother can now easily track you!

It is no more a secret that Google stores all the information we share through the softwares on our computer or mobile phones.

Google Latitude recently announced a new feature that lets you track and store location information. Later this information can be analyzed to see patterns of your movements and also sketch a trail of your movements on Google maps.

Their blog suggests, “To try out the new dashboard yourself, enable Google Latitude in the background on your phone, turn on Google Location History, and wait a few days (up to a week) to build up enough history for the dashboard to begin showing information.” 


But we find it hard to believe that Google never stored our location history in the past!

Here is an example of how your location histroy will be displayed..(Click to enlarge)

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I am glad that this is an opt-in and not a typical opt-out feature. Google also takes extra measures for securing user privacy which include entering password at regular intervals to accessing different parts of the dashboard even if you are logged in.
Also, this information is not shared with anyone except you. As a user you can delete a part or the entire location history from the dashboard. I am not sure if the information is deleted from the server as well or just stops showing up on our dashboard.



Click Here to access Google Latitude.