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Google Maps Timeline Data to be Stored Locally on Your Device for Privacy (thehackernews.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Probably due to an EU regulation

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    [–] 7 points 2 years 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.

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