Google will update Maps to prevent authorities from accessing location history data - The Verge
Google’s latest update to Maps protects users’ locations from law enforcement.
Use Organic maps and continue contributing to openstreetmap
Have not heard of this but I'm looking into it now. Thanks!
Yeah street complete ( the app mostly used to contribute to osm) is really cool and a lot of fun
I feel like the vast majority of headlines about this stuff could use clarification of "without warrant."
Why bother with Google when they can just ask your telco.
Because that data tells them a lot less and requires a paper trail, which they don't like.
Telco doesn't have the same level of precision I think.
Yes and no
The Telco can say between what antennas you are. In urban areas with lots of antennas that's still pretty accurate to almost say what building. Especially with 5G the number of antennas and accuracy go upto in some cases centimeter/inch accuracy so better than GPS. That last case would be in a mall with small antenna in each corridor.
In rural areas with data switched off that's more like somewhere in that square mile, way worse than GPS.
They can still access it locally, if Google wanted to protect people then they wouldn’t store location data
I want them to. I opted in and use that feature.
I'm using this feature and am looking forward to it becoming on-device.
Like Apple, Google also doesn't want competitors in collecting user data
You'll still have the option of syncing it to Google's servers, but it will be encrypted there so only you can view the contents, not Google
Oh well, guess I'm still happy about this magic bag i got for going places I don't want Google knowing about.
