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Google tracks your movements, like it or not

Though possible, it's difficult to delete data

In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, photo, a mobile phone displays a user's travels in New York. An Associated Press investigation shows that using Google services on Android devices and iPhones allows the search giant to record your whereabouts as you go about your day, even when you tell it not to. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Google tracking — In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, photo, a mobile phone displays a user's travels in New York. An Associated Press investigation shows that using Google services on Android devices and iPhones allows the search giant to record your whereabouts as you go about your day, even when you tell it not to. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

SAN FRANCISCO — Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.

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