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Google Will Stop Telling Law Enforcement Which Users Were Near a Crime (finance.yahoo.com)
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Google Will Stop Telling Law Enforcement Which Users Were Near a Crime::(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc.’s Google is changing its Maps tool so that the company no longer has access to users' individual location histories, cutting off its ability to respond to law enforcement warrants that ask for data on everyone who was in the vicinity of a crime.Most Read from BloombergNetanyahu, Under Pressure Over Hostage Deaths, Vows to Press OnMike Johnson May Be the Next House Speaker to Lose His Job‘Underwater’ Car Loans Signal US Consumers Slammed by High RatesUS Navy Shoots Do

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[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Use GrapheneOS and stop giving power to Google. Google is not a friend of the people for offering "free" services, the user is the product and the companies and the surveillance state are the customer.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Surveillance states demand that Google gives all their data, but corps pay Google for all their data

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are there any phones supported that I can install an SD card on?

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

No, for security concerns GrapheneOS team only support Pixel devices (unfortunately)

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

the surveillance state are the customer.

Except it would seem not, since you know this news.

[–] ruplicant@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

why not? the quote is in the present tense - while article claims Google will change policy

and are you sure this is the only service Google is offering to the surveillance state?