How is Google personalizing this map? farm4.staticflickr.com/3722/… I never check in on Google Places, only Foursquare... aaron.pk/n4Sy1
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@aaronpk It might not be using something as proactive as checkins e.g. could be using common places via latent tracking?
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@incanus77 It's just so weirdly accurate! Also I don't usually use Google Maps to get directions to those places... aaron.pk/r4Sy1
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@aaronpk iOS, right? And Google Maps app has access to your location data? Like iOS 7 itself it could be assembling frequent haunts.
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Replying to @incanus77
@incanus77 Indeed. Here's what iOS7 thinks of me: farm6.staticflickr.com/5525/… I just don't see how Google Maps could be... aaron.pk/r4Sy2

Nov 9, 2013 · 6:56 PM UTC

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Replying to @aaronpk
@aaronpk Google’s a lot better at it than Apple, but yeah. Hmm, have to think about it.