Location history data in Google Maps will soon be stored on user devices

There's too many awful or just self-dealing forces in the world which will legislate access to user's data. There's nothing your company can do to defend itself. The situation will only intensity and get worse, governments will only ever expand their legal access to the cloud's many data-keeps.

Data is toxic. It's a risk to your company, given the 195 different nations which each might hit you up to demand uncomfortable & scary privileges. Having data will encourage people in your company to use it, which half the time is bad & scary. Don't have data.

This goes against so many of my desires, is against my aspirations for the Information Age, but it seems so impossible to give users their own sovereignty, to leave them in control. Everyone else has all the power over the data, and that makes data toxic.