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Yay! Google is taking over the jobs of the NSA, CIA, FBI, MI5, Interpol....
Google Will Soon Introduce 'Nearby' To Let Other 'People, Places, And Things' Know When You're Around.
androidpolice.com link-source
"...When Nearby is turned on for your account, Google can periodically turn on the mic, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and similar features on all your current and future devices. Google+ and other Google services need this access to help you connect, share, and more.
When you turn on Nearby, you're also turning on Location History for your account and Location Reporting for this device. Google needs these services to periodically store your location data for use by Nearby, other Google services, and more."
I find it strange that people do not have any issues with Facebook, Google and other private companies following their every move, purchases, emails, text messages and present location without issue yet will scream, stomp their feet and curse the government if it evens checks emails for terrorism threats. Something is wrong with all of this tracking business no matter who is doing the tracking.
Freedom and privacy falls another notch towards zero.
I'm sure this newbie service will be activated "by accident" like Google+ was,
Enrolling everyone with a gmail account to spike usage statistics
Cheers.
So just keep it off. What is the big deal? It is opt in.
I have a custom rom so this will not have it anyway.
So was google+
But it didn't quite work out that way in the beginning Oops Google's bad
If Google already had my phone number another Oppsy would again happen most likely,
No number not much of a chance to get opted in accidently