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.
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.
Maybe they don’t store it anymore, they just send it straight to the feds
With the prism project ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM ) along with things like 641A ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A ), G doesn’t need to send anything. The nsa is already swallowing it whole.
Rare W for google if true. Will lool for sources.
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.
With that measure in place, what likelihood do you think Google still knows your location?
4G masts can triangulate your location quite well based on signal strength and which post you’re currently connected to so unless people are planning on removing their sim the government will always have decently accurate localization.
Looks like most of the existing replies captured my same use cases!
There have also been a couple of times where my wife and I disagreed about what we did on X day and it’s kind of nice to see who is right 😂
I think I also just like the raw data. I also keep spreadsheets of my utility bills over time, for example, because it’s weirdly fun to look back and see or compare.
One thing I’d really love is a self-hosted all-day heart rate tracker, but have yet to stumble on such a thing.
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
