floofloof@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle will no longer hold onto people's location data in Google Maps — meaning it can't turn that info over to the policewww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1487arrow-down15
arrow-up1482arrow-down1external-linkGoogle will no longer hold onto people's location data in Google Maps — meaning it can't turn that info over to the policewww.businessinsider.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareepyon22linkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoCurious 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.
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe aren’t storing it actively in something you can search at all times, but it’ll be in the “backups” and “restore” pieces still
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.
The aren’t storing it actively in something you can search at all times, but it’ll be in the “backups” and “restore” pieces still