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   On 11/3/25 5:38 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >On 2025-11-03 06:47, AJL wrote:   
   >> On 11/2/25 9:43 PM, Marion wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> how many people use Google Maps logged in?   
   >>   
   >> On all my Android/Google stuff if I log into one Google app I'm   
   >> automatically logged into all the rest of the Google apps on the device. If   
   >> Google Maps isn't on the device, when I later install it, it's logged in   
   >> with no further effort on my part. Same on this Chromebook I'm posting with   
   >> BTW. So my GUESS is that when most folks add Google Maps to their working   
   >> Android device it's signed in automatically.   
   >   
   >Certainly. Almost everybody uses their android phones logged into them,   
   >and thus, to google maps.   
      
      
   >I don't personally know any friend that is not logged to Google   
   >permanently. Well, yes, some may log into Apple instead X-D   
      
   On my regular Android tablet/phone toys I had no choice but to log into   
    Google or I couldn't get past the first few screens. And from there all   
    additional installed Google apps were signed in automatically. I Think most   
    Android devices are like mine.   
      
   One exception is my Amazon tablets with the Fire OS Android fork that come   
    with NO Google stuff. Fortunately they allowed me to sideload the Google   
    Play Store. From there it was the same. Once I signed in to the Play Store   
    all additional downloaded Google apps were also automatically signed in.   
      
   BTW I read that Amazon is working on a non-Android OS for future devices so   
    time may be running out for this handy Google mod...   
      
      
   >>> Yup. I've had Google Maps warn me of them. Someone is reporting them.   
   >>> Maybe the CHP?   
   >>   
   >> I doubt cops would report on themselves. In my case it was definitely other   
   >> civilian users.   
   >>> I used to use a radar detector back east, where there's a speed trap   
   >>> at every intersection, but they're not so much out here in California.   
      
      
   > > Funny story. I think you know where I'm retired from. I was working >   
   >radar on a local street. Got a guy going way over. When he got out   
   >> of the car and saw he was caught, he grabbed his radar detector off   
   >> the dash and started stomping on it cause it apparently wasn't   
   >> working so good...  ;)   
   >   
   >:-D   
      
      
   Another funny story. As a motorcycle cop I worked mostly traffic. When I   
    wasn't doing accident investigation I often worked citizen complaints. One   
    guy called in a complaint of speeders on his residential street. So when I   
    had some free time I went to his house. I tried to contact him but he   
    wasn't home so I parked my MC in his driveway and worked radar on his   
    street and would have left a note for him so that he knew I had been there   
    working his complaint. But guess who was one of the ones I caught? Yep,   
    him.   
      
   >Detectors are illegal here. Even carrying one might get you a fine.   
      
   In the early days of police radar they were large machines that had to be   
    carried in cars and stayed fixed on the roadway constantly so detectors   
    worked pretty well. But later we went to handheld guns (easily carried on a   
    MC). When in use the gun was held pointed at the ground until the the car   
    was in range and then it was pointed at the car. I got a reading about the   
    same time the guy's detector would go off and thus he had no time to slow   
    down so the detector didn't do much good.   
      
   I don't know anyone that has a detector these days but I see Amazon has them   
    for sale...   
      
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