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I'm ok with Google having this data. I'm not ok with governments having it.

• sixstringtheory 6y ago
  Why? At least with government you have theoretical recourse at the polls. With a megacorp you can’t do shit if you don’t like what they’re up to.
  • creato 6y ago
    Right, you can't do shit... except not turn on location history, which as this page says, is off by default.
    • danielrpa 6y ago
      In this case the government wouldn't have that information either.
• squiggleblaz 6y ago
  Why? Google has enough power to fuck with your life and no oversight whatsoever.
  • mcny 6y ago
    Google doesn’t have armies or overzealous attorney generals (and lackeys) willing to ruin lives for their stupid conviction rate. I wouldn’t have believed police officers lie on a ticket if it hadn’t happened to me.
    • tcd 6y ago
      No, instead they have armies of overzealous AI bots making decisions without any human oversight. That's far more scary to me, but you know, you do you.
• sschueller 6y ago
  I'm not ok with Google or anyone having this data as I can't realistically or easily opt out or remove my data.
  • shadowgovt 6y ago
    Google appears to be best-of-industry in making the data they have about you both extractable and deletable.
• sschueller 6y ago
  Governments can just ask for it and Google has to give it to them. [1][2] In fact the US Government has decided it is easier to have the service providers collect data for them and then just get it when needed instead of them separately trying to "archive" data. [1] https://www.justice.gov/archive/ll/highlights.htm https://www.justice.gov/archive/ll/highlights.htm [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intellig...
• the_mitsuhiko 6y ago
  Let's just say I'm the polar opposite.
• cwillu 6y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr7AONv3FSg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr7AONv3FSg