AND LOOK WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT JUST THREE HOURS OF OUR MAN’S LIFE... FOUR YEARS AGO
11:31 THEY KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND EXACTLY WHERE YOU GO
looking at my data from December 23, 2014, i saw google recorded that i left my street in South-East london, below, at 11.31am and, tracking me via gPS, it knew that it took me seven minutes to walk to lee station. google then noted that i boarded the 11.39 train to Charing Cross, arriving at 11.57. While on the train, at 11.47, google recorded that i searched the term ‘best whisky shop in london’ to buy whisky for my father. And at 11.53, the search engine kept a record of the fact that i read a review of 2014 by Charlie Brooker, right, in the guardian.
11:57 THEY KNOW WHAT YOU DRINK
googlE kept a note that i made the fourminute walk to the Whisky Exchange in Bedford Street, Covent garden. Still tracking my movements, the tech giant recorded the fact i was in the shop browsing between 12.01pm and 12.31. But it also knew that at 12.17 i searched reviews for glen garioch and glen Moray before buying a bottle of the latter, left.
12:31 THEY KNOW WHAT YOU EAT
i WAS tracked again after this, making an 11-minute walk to Pret A Manger on The Strand where i arrived at 12.42. i was preparing for a job interview, so at 12.46 google kept a note of the fact that i read several articles about what to expect from the interview and testimonies of previous applicants.
12:50 THEY KNOW WHERE YOU SHOP AND WHAT YOU BUY
googlE registered that i then walked for eight minutes, arriving at Runners need, above, on Waterloo Bridge. it noted that i was there between 12.58 and 13.16 and bought some socks. google tracked me again after this on a five-minute walk, also registering that i arrived at the shop Aspinal of london in long Acre, Covent garden, right. google kept a note of the fact i was there between 13.21 and 13.54.
13:54 THEY KNOW WHAT YOU READ AND WHERE YOU LIVE
MY movements were recorded again, noting that i walked to Costa on The Strand where i had a coffee between 14.08 and 14.26. it recorded i browsed the BBC news website at 14.14 and that i took the 14.26 train from Charing Cross to lee, arriving home at 14.53.