--- title: I didn't know Google Maps was sharing my personal spots... description: A personal account of discovering that a Google Maps list shared months ago for a trip was still publicly accessible via link, quietly exposing a growing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-didn-t-know-google-maps-was-sharing-my-personal-spots-until-i-turned-off-this-hidden-setting-k1x5elucs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I didn't know Google Maps was sharing my personal spots until I turned off this hidden setting | daily.dev og:description: A personal account of discovering that a Google Maps list shared months ago for a trip was still publicly accessible via link, quietly exposing a growing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-didn-t-know-google-maps-was-sharing-my-personal-spots-until-i-turned-off-this-hidden-setting-k1x5elucs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/k1X5ELucs.png og:image:alt: I didn't know Google Maps was sharing my personal spots until I turned off this hidden setting og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I didn't know Google Maps was sharing my personal spots until I turned off this hidden setting **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal account of discovering that a Google Maps list shared months ago for a trip was still publicly accessible via link, quietly exposing a growing record of daily routines and personal locations. The author walks through how to audit and change list sharing settings, the value of separating shared from private lists, and using Incognito mode in Maps to avoid saving location activity to a Google account. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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