Report says Google tracks your location on iPhone and Android even when you forbid it

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Death and taxes are two of the most famous certainties in life, but surely we can add another to that list. One involving the absolute nature of Google's all-seeing eye, and the comprehensive scope of everything it wants to know about you.

File this under "shouldn't surprise anyone," but the Associated Press has released the findings of an investigation that studied the way Google services on both Android devices and iPhones handle your location data. The creepy takeaway: Many of Google's services on both devices "store your location data even if you've used privacy settings that say they will prevent it from doing so."

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