Google Maps now shows live data about how crowded places are

21 November 2016
Google is announcing some new updates to Maps today, and one of them should help you avoid the crowds on Black Friday. It's basically an extension of the already available Popular Times feature, which has so far let you see how busy a place typically is on different days of the week.

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Anonymous, 22 Nov 2016What is so scary about it? Do you have something to hide? ... moreyou must be underage and not own your own property or something. Not as bad as screaming out on facebook that you're on a trip but a genius hacker that hacks on your phone or breaches google's data can easily know your schedule when you are away from home and when to steal your "abandoned" home. Anyway, no point to explain more when you dont seem to care about online security and privacy

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    • Dark Reed
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    • 22 Nov 2016

    I was assuming this was the way Niantic found to properly place their XM points on the Ingress game. They just have to record how often people use their phones (doing a Google search or Whatsapp, i.e.) on a given location, to get a saturation rate of a place. This way, schools, churches and touristical places could get the proper rate of XM points.

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      • 22 Nov 2016

      I don't think it's right to show this data about how crowded places are, as global terrorism is on the rise and what not. Google is just compromising public safety.

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        • Anonymous
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        • 22 Nov 2016

        Mkdc, 21 Nov 2016The more androids out there, the more accurate these infos ... moreWhat is so scary about it? Do you have something to hide? The data google collect is for improvement. It makes our life more convenient. If you have something to hide you can disable location tracking, and stop using any smart phone since government has ways of collecting data to know more about you.

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          • 22 Nov 2016

          It's good idea if you have small kids to avoid crowd

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            • Anonymous
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            • 22 Nov 2016

            Mkdc, 21 Nov 2016The more androids out there, the more accurate these infos ... moreIt is scary.....

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              • 21 Nov 2016

              The more androids out there, the more accurate these infos get. Absolutely no other companies in the world can track live users as good as google does. Scary but useful

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