floofloof@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoGoogle will no longer hold onto people's location data in Google Maps — meaning it can't turn that info over to the policewww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1487arrow-down15cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareImmersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoWith that measure in place, what likelihood do you think Google still knows your location?
minus-squareLinkerbaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 months ago4G masts can triangulate your location quite well based on signal strength and which post you’re currently connected to so unless people are planning on removing their sim the government will always have decently accurate localization.
minus-squarecsm10495@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoI would imagine without the sim, they could still get the location considering emergency calling would work. Probably would use the IMEI at that point.
With that measure in place, what likelihood do you think Google still knows your location?
4G masts can triangulate your location quite well based on signal strength and which post you’re currently connected to so unless people are planning on removing their sim the government will always have decently accurate localization.
I would imagine without the sim, they could still get the location considering emergency calling would work.
Probably would use the IMEI at that point.
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