Google Will Stop Telling Law Enforcement Which Users Were Near a Crime
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#2Unfortunately, I'm fairly sure this wouldn't really help given that service providers still maintain records of which phones connected to which towers.
It's still a nice change though, and I like that they allow users to still send encrypted backups of their location history to the cloud.
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#3Tbh with 5G around, there is no need for Google's data. Carriers can localize phones well enough already now.
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#4Tbh with 5G around, there is no need for Google's data. Carriers can localize phones well enough already now.
I honestly want my old landline phone back.
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#6The actual blog post that this article rehashes: https://blog.google/products/maps/updates-to-location-histor...
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#7Re: Google Will Stop Telling Law Enforcement Which Users Were Near a Crime
#8Unfortunately, I'm fairly sure this wouldn't really help given that service providers still maintain records of which phones connected to which towers. It's still a nice change though, and I like that they allow users to still send encrypted backups of their location history to the cloud.
Service providers don't just maintain history, they package up real time location info for sale through third parties.
Re: Google Will Stop Telling Law Enforcement Which Users Were Near a Crime
#9Unfortunately, I'm fairly sure this wouldn't really help given that service providers still maintain records of which phones connected to which towers. It's still a nice change though, and I like that they allow users to still send encrypted backups of their location history to the cloud.
Service providers don't just maintain history, they package up real time location info for sale through third parties.
The tin foil hats among us will be quick to say that this move is to drive sales of real time data.
If they remove history but sell real time data, customers that require location history will be forced to be buy real-time data at scale in perpetuity.