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Google Just Killed Warrants That Give Police Access To Location Data (www.forbes.com)

submitted 11 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Exactly!

making it impossible for the company to access it

Sure. They won't be able to access the data itself, but they'll have already used the data as it was being generated to add metrics to your profile. So they don't need it anymore if it's already been utilized.

Liars always find a way to phrase things to misdirect.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Yes, they still can build a targeted profile per user, but no longer store a database of who was in an area that the police can issue a broad warrant to find out. So they get to have their cake and eat it too!