{"id":3362,"date":"2020-01-25T08:50:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T08:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/?p=3362"},"modified":"2020-01-25T20:51:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T20:51:51","slug":"artificially-intelligent-or-creepy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/25\/artificially-intelligent-or-creepy\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificially Intelligent or Creepy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I guess it happened a few years ago when I became a bit more cognizant that those helpful computers were a bit smarter than they first seemed. Perhaps smarter isn\u2019t the right term, perhaps intrusive. The exact incident was when I was sending an email off and had forgotten the attachment. The email service that I was using had analyzed the text and pointed out that I had forgotten the attachment that I had mentioned. Indeed it was nice to get this oversight corrected but it was a bit disconcerting, what other keywords or phrases would my email provider be looking for. Would a question about insurance bring on an avalanche of insurance spam ? What about other topics of a more personal nature? Will I start to get mails about midwives and baby supplies? Perhaps mails about switching gynecologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was actually relieved so far not as not to see anything like that, well based on my emails, I don\u2019t think that this is the case based on my browsing history. It is difficult to have no browsing history but I have tried to no longer be logged into accounts and keep as few cookies as possible. Well, imagine my surprise when I logged into a seldom used email account to see this mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not\nreally remembering what a google map timeline was I took a look and\nit was stroll down memory lane. This thing has been on for some time\nand although it doesn\u2019t have all of my movements I can see in a lot\nof instances which countries, cities, addresses or businesses I have\nvisited. If you zoom in on a specific day you can see what time you\nstarted your journey and from which location. The addresses are\namazingly specific and correct, which how long you spent at or near\na location and how long it took to get to the next location. If this\ninformation would be available to a criminal it would be amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can probably guess that your \u201cvictim\u201d worked at a certain location as they seem to be spending about 8 hours a day between 8 and 6 pm during the week at that location. You can see if that work location is close or far away. If you have somehow gotten this information you might already know that this victim is someone worth robbing but this information might also clarify that. Do they eat out a lot? Do they visit expensive stores or shops? What is the best time of the day or day of the month to \u201cvisit\u201d their home. If you were a divorce lawyer this might also look pretty interesting. Your client\u2019s husband claims to simply work late or be out of town on business when he is actually been tracked to a specific address across town during that same frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This\ninformation might also be quite interesting as a form of corporate\nespionage, where did the head of global acquisitions go? We know\nthat she deals primarily with automotive industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You\nmight be thinking that if I am dumb enough to leave my GPS on as well\nas enable this feature from Google I deserve all the tracking. This\nwould be true, especially about the enable the feature from Google\nbut it turns out that rarely have my GPS enabled, all of this\ninformation appears to have been gathered using either wifi or\ntracking via the various cell towers of the mobile network. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These\nmarkedup map examples are a markup using openstreetmap.org, the\nactual google maps are much scarier. The google map has wonderful\ndetail listing ATM\u2019s, coffee shops, barbershops, and even links to\nthe various establishments. It is possible to get address, telephone\nnumber, opening hours and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\nreally like the openstreetmaps.org site and the information that it\ndoes provide but it does pale in comparison to Google Maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If\nthis is the type of tracking that can be done with just some passive\ncooperation I now understand now how during large government\ninvestigations are able to have a detailed list of the \u201ccriminal\u201d\nand all of his or her associates as well as detailed movement prior\nto the crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting\nclear of tracking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well,\nthere is probably no way to be truly clear of being tracked by your\ncell provider, the phone OS provider or the apps themselves but it is\npossible to turn off a few of the most direct tracking settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. \nTurn\n\toff location collection on your email account.\n\t<\/li>
  2. \nStop\n\tcollection gps and wifi information\n\t<\/li>
  3. \nRemove\n\told history data\n<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    1.\nGmail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Log into your email account and go to the settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Change\nthe location (Standortverlauf) from On to Off. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This\nshould stop that particular email account from wanting to track you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. turn off tracking on your phone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Turn\noff the collection of data on your smart phone (Auf meinen Standort\nzugreifen). This has the advantage of not tracking you and may also\nextend the life of your battery charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3.\ndelete the history \n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    I\nwas quite surprised at this one. I was looking at my email account\nin an attempt to delete this information only to find out that does\nnot seem to be possible. You can delete the history but to do that\nyou need to do it on your cell phone. However, once you delete the\nhistory there your timeline as visible from your web browser no\nlonger has any information on your previous travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Note: Openstreetmap.org simply provides the maps, they don\u2019t track you and the example above was showing something similar to a Google map. Why not a google map? Well, there are other restrictions of displaying a Google map and I also do not wish to share my location data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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