I discovered a little “feature” on my phone last night.

It proudly pinged me a message about how far I had traveled last month.

What?

I went into the page it wanted to show me and there were little maps showing me how far I had driven each day, where I had visited and how long I spent at each location. Fuck me! What disturbed me was the accuracy. There are several shops in the village but this yoke confirmed I had been in my regular coffee shop. It even gave me a little picture of it in case I had forgotten what it looks like.

It also recorded the trip I made to collect my chain saw and accurately spotted the shop that did the work.

It told me about my visits to the vet. Yes, it knew it was a vet I had been visiting. How?

For some reason this nosy little yoke started recording my daily visits on the 22nd last month. I have no idea of the significance of that date. Some days it tells me I haven’t gone anywhere which is fair enough. Some other days I apparently spend the entire day visiting myself at home. That’s nice. I enjoy good company.

This application is courtesy of Google [of course] which seems determined to poke its nose into every aspect of my life.

I could disconnect it, but it may prove handy in case I need an alibi.

But if I plan on doing something nefarious, I think I’ll leave my phone at home.