*Updates to Location History and new controls coming soon to Maps*
<https://blog.google/products/maps/updates-to-location-history-and-new-controls-coming-soon-to-maps/>

*Is This the End of Geofence Warrants?*
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/end-geofence-warrants>
"Geofence warrants require a provider-almost always Google-to search
its entire reserve of user location data to identify all users or
devices located within a geographic area during a time period
specified by law enforcement. "

"Google's announcement outlined three changes to how it will treat
Location History data. First, going forward, this data will be stored,
by default, on a user's device, instead of with Google in the cloud.
Second, it will be set by default to delete after three months;
currently Google stores the data for at least 18 months.
Finally, if users choose to back up their data to the cloud,
Google will "automatically encrypt your backed-up data so no one
can read it, including Google."

*Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their devices rather than on Google's servers*
<https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/16/google-geofence-warrants-law-enforcement-privacy/>

"...critics say geofence warrants are unconstitutional and inherently
overly broad, since these demands often also include the information
of entirely innocent people who were nearby at a time when a crime
was committed."

"...Google received 982 geofence warrants in 2018,
then 8,396 geofence warrants in 2019,
and 11,554 geofence warrants in 2020
or about one-quarter of all the legal demands that Google received."

"...the move forces police to seek a search warrant to access that
specific device instead, rather than asking Google for the data."
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On 12/17/23 7:24 PM, Wally J wrote:

> *Updates to Location History and new controls coming soon to Maps*
> <https://blog.google/products/maps/updates-to-location-history-and-new-controls-coming-soon-to-maps/>
>
> *Is This the End of Geofence Warrants?*
> <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/end-geofence-warrants>
> "Geofence warrants require a provider-almost always Google-to search
> its entire reserve of user location data to identify all users or
> devices located within a geographic area during a time period
> specified by law enforcement. "
>
> "Google's announcement outlined three changes to how it will treat
> Location History data. First, going forward, this data will be stored,
> by default, on a user's device, instead of with Google in the cloud.
> Second, it will be set by default to delete after three months;
> currently Google stores the data for at least 18 months.
> Finally, if users choose to back up their data to the cloud,
> Google will "automatically encrypt your backed-up data so no one
> can read it, including Google."
>
> *Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their devices rather than on Google's servers*
> <https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/16/google-geofence-warrants-law-enforcement-privacy/>

I wish they had done this BEFORE they lost all my data a few years ago.

(Please don't ask for details. It's already an older thread in this ng,
from back when it happened.)

> "...critics say geofence warrants are unconstitutional and inherently
> overly broad, since these demands often also include the information
> of entirely innocent people who were nearby at a time when a crime
> was committed."
>
> "...Google received 982 geofence warrants in 2018,
> then 8,396 geofence warrants in 2019,
> and 11,554 geofence warrants in 2020
> or about one-quarter of all the legal demands that Google received."
>
> "...the move forces police to seek a search warrant to access that
> specific device instead, rather than asking Google for the data."

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