I doubt it too
Do you have a repository full of meme image you can embed in Lemmy?
Just like that? No catch?
State to state, no papers?
I guess the catch is the fact that they don’t really need it. They have real time location from any Android device anyways (because of that feature that sends the lists of wifi networks around you from time to time), no need to storage the timeline on their servers, it’s only duplicate data. lol
I actually use timeline. Does this mean it will no longer work on a browser?
From your desktop browser? Probably. You’ll still be able to use timeline from your phone though since the data is still being stored locally
I’m not buying it.
Maybe they don’t store it anymore, they just send it straight to the feds
When big tech says they no longer need something, it means they have something even better. When they say they give you options, they mean dark patterns. Anytime you click ‘Decline’ it might as well be ‘Accept all’. Rapist mentality of big corpos.
Personally, I use GPSLogger from FDroid on a 15 minute ping interval and then load the files into Location Map Viewer (also FDroid) for my own location tracking. Disabled Google awhile ago.
I back the files up to a home NAS.
Have you heard of OwnTracks? It’s a self hosted google timeline alternative.
Just curious, why do you feel the need to track your own movements?
If you have ever lost something and had to retrace your steps it helps but I guess it’s not super important or relatable for most people
With that measure in place, what likelihood do you think Google still knows your location?
Rare W for google if true. Will lool for sources.
Will the old data be removed from the Google servers?
I enjoyed having history in maps on all my devices.
Too bad they didn’t just encrypt it.
It’s not that simple. The user has to hold the key. And with cloud you want it to all be accessible from all of a users devices. And with a public service you can’t count on the user to be savvy enough to use their certificates.
Of course the fix to that is that the key is stored in the account.
But then Google has the key and can decrypt it.
So then the key itself has to be encrypted. And with what? The users weak ass-password?
All encryption has to begin with something that’s known, and the weaker that initial secret, the weaker the entire system below it.
Curious on the implementation. For example apps like signal and WhatsApp require you to either move or lose your data when you get a new phone. This will have to be the way Google implements or they are storing it somewhere on their servers.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
I don’t think people here realize that not holding on to is different from no longer processing the data for their own means… There’s no doubt in my mind that Google just simply has no need to keep the old data around anymore once other processing like for ML models and ad targeting are completed
