How do they do that....?

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It would appear that whenever I visit a pub restaurant shop or anywhere else, they tend to leave me an uninvited message on my phone. How was my visit, how would I rate the staff, would I like an online account etc etc.
Now I don't use my phone or get it out of my pocket yet these messages still appear. HOW DO THEY DO THAT...Ta
 
It's not the restaurant, it's Google, it asks me how such a place was when I have only passed it in the motor :unsure: :doh:
 
Is it by Bluetooth? Used to get them in shopping centres but I have Bluetooth switched off now.
 
Sounds like a Google Business thing. Log out of Google and you won't get pestered
 
I think it's an opt out thingy in Google Maps. Google also have an Opinion Rewards app which might also pop up and ask if you've been somewhere. That's different, though, as you get credit toward the Play Store, which is nice.

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Can you turn off "broadcast location"?
 
I like it actually , seeing I have nothing against anyone knowing where I have been mines always on and I can look back years ago to see where I was.
 
For anyone who might not know , if you have had it on and use Google maps, you can go to Google maps , click on the three lines at the top left , when the list comes up click , timeline, and it will tell you where you have been for as long as you have had it on.
Holidays from years ago , restaurants you went to and all sorts.
I love looking back on it .
 
Jim said:
Sounds like a Google Business thing. Log out of Google and you won't get pestered
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I don't really mind being pestered just wondered how they managed to get into my phone when it is locked. If it gets too frequent then I might reconsider stopping it but it is clever if not intrusive how it does it.
 
chaser said:
For anyone who might not know , if you have had it on and use Google maps, you can go to Google maps , click on the three lines at the top left , when the list comes up click , timeline, and it will tell you where you have been for as long as you have had it on.
Holidays from years ago , restaurants you went to and all sorts.
I love looking back on it .
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I didn't realise that, perhaps I will turn it back on.........if I can remember how I turned it off:)

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Pardon ?

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Just an example of what it does, this is September 2017 in the van for us
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Larrynwin said:
Apps use location services which can be turned off in settings but then you might get lost Buttons :whistle2: ?
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Getting lost is my favorite part, it happens so infrequently these days, sometimes it is nice just to get lost without the sat nave telling me to turn around... ;)
 
buttons said:
Getting lost is my favorite part, it happens so infrequently these days, sometimes it is nice just to get lost without the sat nave telling me to turn around... ;)
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Me too, you find nice places you never knew existed (y)
 
You wouldnt last long as a potential terrorist !
 
chaser said:
For anyone who might not know , if you have had it on and use Google maps, you can go to Google maps , click on the three lines at the top left , when the list comes up click , timeline, and it will tell you where you have been for as long as you have had it on.
Holidays from years ago , restaurants you went to and all sorts.
I love looking back on it .
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Only if you sign in and agree to all this tracking. I don’t, and I also don’t get any questions about where I’ve been or where I’m at.
 
Just turn off location in settings, Google won't know where you are.
I often get a request to turn on location from some websites..... If I wanted them to know where I was I would have turned it on already. Thick or what.
 
pappajohn said:
Just turn off location in settings, Google won't know where you are.
I often get a request to turn on location from some websites..... If I wanted them to know where I was I would have turned it on already. Thick or what.
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I'm with Pops on this one .


Something no one else has mentioned , is if you answer one review , you will get more . I foolishly answered a survey years ago . At one point following that , they were ringing 10 times a day for another one . The result now , is i never answer the land line .
 
pappajohn said:
Just turn off location in settings, Google won't know where you are.
I often get a request to turn on location from some websites..... If I wanted them to know where I was I would have turned it on already. Thick or what.
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My son's firm actually use timeline to pay travel expenses , he doesn't have to put a claim in they just look at his timeline and pay on it.
 
if it wasnt for time line i wouldnt know where i'd been

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I also use Timeline for working out my expenses; it's a great aide-memoir for the month!
 
pappajohn said:
Just turn off location in settings, Google won't know where you are.
I often get a request to turn on location from some websites..... If I wanted them to know where I was I would have turned it on already. Thick or what.
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Ditto. Where I am is my business and if I want people to know then I'll tell them.

Now if I look up reviews on campsites or restaurants/cafes, a week later Trip Adviser sends me a message asking 'how was it for me.' Thank goodness my sexlife is zero.
 

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