Yes, this is why I said most of what I feel is problematic, you're able to disable automatic location collection but not all location collection. Your opening

Yes, this is why I said most of what I feel is problematic, you're able to disable automatic location collection but not all location collection. Your opening maps question is an interesting one, I automatically assume any data that goes to their servers is fair game, so if I'm asking Google to give me driving directions or even open a map and show me where I am (which requires loading map data for the area), I'm clearly making that choice. I suppose it's possible they could behave better, but once data leaves my device, it's out of my control and I have to assume the worst.