Privacy

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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Google will no longer hold onto people's location data in Google Maps — meaning it can't turn that info over to the police (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Ah, makes sense, that's a use case I hadn't thought of.