Google Will Soon Let Users Automatically Scrub Location and Web History

Post by loudtieblahblah » Wed, May 08, 2019, 6:08 PM UTC

scarface74 wrote: post #133

hcnews wrote: post #48

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To be fair, companies do say things which they don't do or takes years to do it in the way that was advertised. Asking for a third-party auditor isn't unexpected or unwelcome in most cases. I had a similar concern where I was unsure if Google deleted my data and then anonymized it for helping their models anyways. In my opinion, that would be materially different than deleting all of it.

I've beat up on Google a fair amount. But, companies can get in so much trouble for outright not telling the truth, I don't believe it would be worth it for them to do so. The only big tech company that has a history of outright lying and being provably shady is Facebook.

Post by oomem » Mon, May 13, 2019, 7:14 AM UTC

alias_neo wrote: post #186

o10449366 wrote: post #23

The funny thing is that Google will still let you store your home address and they'll display it on the map, but if you have Location History turned off they'll refuse to list it as an autocomplete option when you search for addresses or directions. They know what it is, but they won't let you actually use it unless you expose everything else. It's extremely user hostile and there's no good reason to do it. Edit: To…

I've found that with it disabled, on Android, I can't even click the "Home" or "Work" buttons in maps without a prompt to turn on "Web & App Activity". Why do I need to turn on "Web & App Activity" to store my home or work address? Because Google wants to inconvenience us into turning it back on, plain and simple.