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*Updates to Location History and new controls coming soon to Maps*
<https://blog.google/products/maps/updates-to-location-history-and-new-controls-coming-soon-to-maps/>

*Is This the End of Geofence Warrants?*
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/end-geofence-warrants>
"Geofence warrants require a provider-almost always Google-to search
its entire reserve of user location data to identify all users or
devices located within a geographic area during a time period
specified by law enforcement. "

"Google's announcement outlined three changes to how it will treat
Location History data. First, going forward, this data will be stored,
by default, on a user's device, instead of with Google in the cloud.
Second, it will be set by default to delete after three months;
currently Google stores the data for at least 18 months.
Finally, if users choose to back up their data to the cloud,
Google will "automatically encrypt your backed-up data so no one
can read it, including Google."

*Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their devices rather than on Google's servers*
<https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/16/google-geofence-warrants-law-enforcement-privacy/>

"...critics say geofence warrants are unconstitutional and inherently
overly broad, since these demands often also include the information
of entirely innocent people who were nearby at a time when a crime
was committed."

"...Google received 982 geofence warrants in 2018,
then 8,396 geofence warrants in 2019,
and 11,554 geofence warrants in 2020
or about one-quarter of all the legal demands that Google received."

"...the move forces police to seek a search warrant to access that
specific device instead, rather than asking Google for the data."
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XPost: alt.privacy

On 12/17/23 7:24 PM, Wally J wrote:

*Updates to Location History and new controls coming soon to Maps*
<https://blog.google/products/maps/updates-to-location-history-and-new-controls-coming-soon-to-maps/>

*Is This the End of Geofence Warrants?*
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/end-geofence-warrants>
"Geofence warrants require a provider-almost always Google-to search
its entire reserve of user location data to identify all users or
devices located within a geographic area during a time period
specified by law enforcement. "

"Google's announcement outlined three changes to how it will treat
Location History data. First, going forward, this data will be stored,
by default, on a user's device, instead of with Google in the cloud.
Second, it will be set by default to delete after three months;
currently Google stores the data for at least 18 months.
Finally, if users choose to back up their data to the cloud,
Google will "automatically encrypt your backed-up data so no one
can read it, including Google."

*Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their devices rather than on Google's servers*
<https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/16/google-geofence-warrants-law-enforcement-privacy/>

I wish they had done this BEFORE they lost all my data a few years ago.

(Please don't ask for details. It's already an older thread in this ng,
from back when it happened.)

"...critics say geofence warrants are unconstitutional and inherently
overly broad, since these demands often also include the information
of entirely innocent people who were nearby at a time when a crime
was committed."

"...Google received 982 geofence warrants in 2018,
then 8,396 geofence warrants in 2019,
and 11,554 geofence warrants in 2020
or about one-quarter of all the legal demands that Google received."

"...the move forces police to seek a search warrant to access that
specific device instead, rather than asking Google for the data."

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Run For Your Life! ... it's a dance company!
San Francisco

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