Data search

It really freaks me out how much other people have found themselves on the data of Google maps. However, I have no history on Google maps at all, this is because I never turned on Google's location services on. This makes me feel glad that I am not being tracked. However, there is another link to the thread that shows Google History. I was so surprised at the things I find there. It included everything I googled and what I looked up on google map. I remember clearly that I delete my browsing history every day before sleep. It is a habit that I picked up at home. Because my parents would look at my browsing history. I feel my privacy being violated so I always delete browsing history. But what surprised me is that although the history disappears on the safari browser, everything comes back to Google History. There is even history where I looked up on the map where my friend in China told me where he works at. I don't even remember myself conveniently looking it up. Now it makes me feel like I am the stalker. On Apple map, I can not escape the data and location being tracked. When I go to my photo album on my iPhone and there is a “places” icon. I click on it and I can see the photos I took at a different location. I always like taking pictures almost everywhere I go. So when I see that there are so many places I’ve been and are recorded. I was so surprised to find a picture of the clouds in Kansas. I must have taken that picture on the airplane. I think I turned the airplane mode on, nevertheless, it still shows up. In addition, I saved a picture that my friend in another state sends. Although I never been to that place but it shows up on the map too. At the same time knowing someone else might look me up just like that freaks me out again. Sometimes I wonder that if I can just use google and social media without signin may make the collection of my information difficult. However, I realize I am the one that makes things difficult for myself by not signing in and I forget to signout most of the time. So I leave it be. But the awareness that these social net working account is tracking personal information 24/7 needs to be raised.