Tag: location

• Control, Alt, Google

  

  There’s a popular keyboard shortcut <Control><Alt><Delete> that, generally speaking, interrupts or facilitates interrupting a function. For example, if a program on your computer hangs or crashes, you press this popular combination to force the program to close. Today I’m coining a new term, <Control><Alt><Google>. In a nutshell, you can now tell Google to delete the…

  BriAlys

  December 2019

  Tech

  data, google, google maps, gps, history, location, locationdata, maps, privacy, security, youtube

• Parking Lot Price Switch

  

  I saw this story online this morning and was shocked; but, not surprised! Here’s the crux: “If you allow Target to track your phone location, the app will switch certain prices from online to in-store.” (kare11) Watch the sneakiness in action below (16 seconds) then come back for tips on how to stop this from…

  BriAlys

  February 2019

  Tech

  iPhone, location, marketing, pricematch, priceswitch, privacy, settings, shopping, target

• Shop Assistant Turned App

  

  What happens when a bakery assistant asks for similar permissions as an app on your cell phone, including access to people’s text message history and details of their past movements? That’s just the kind of questions most apps ask people everyday when you download them. Most people just skip right by it and click “OK”.…

  BriAlys

  January 2015

  Mobile, Privacy, Tech

  android, app, iOS, location, locationsettings, mobile, permission, privacy, shop