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Google Maps Timeline Data to be Stored Locally on Your Device for Privacy (thehackernews.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"Google has announced plans to store Maps Timeline data locally on users' devices instead of their Google account effective December 1, 2024."

"The development is part of a series of changes the company has enacted in response to allegations that it misled consumers and illegally tracked their movements despite turning off Location History from the account settings by taking advantage of the non-obvious Web & App Activity setting."

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Probably due to an EU regulation

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Definitely wasn't due to US "regulation"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Is this US regulation in the room with us right now?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I think it might be also related to the new tracker stuff.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Maps is admittedly a google service I actively use because it really is reliable and up-to-date for navigation, so this is good news.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I love Timeline when I'm traveling. It's great to be able to remember all of the random wandering in foreign cities. I've seriously considered printing and framing the timelines, but it's difficult to crop them so they all match.

At home, I'm far less comfortable with it.