When I finally set up a Facebook account a few years ago, I spent several hours finding and turning off all sorts of sharing features that were turned on by default. Not fun as a FB newbie. This exercise needs to be repeated periodically as Facebook reorganizes existing features and introduces new ways to share your info.

I gave into Google+ for awhile -- it seemed innocent at first -- until it became apparent that Google+ was sharing at least some info about me, as well. Not wanting to go through the entire privacy-protecting exercise with Google+, too, I deleted my Google+ account and will continue to resist the constant prompting to sign up for it. One social media headache is enough, thank you!

Now w.r.t. Google Maps, I have a long road trip coming up, and based on this thread, I'm seriously thinking about dusting off the old Garmin and taking it along as a backup. At least the interface didn't suddenly change in the year since I last used it!