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It was simply a feature that downloaded. It did nothing if you didn't turn it on.

• edmcnulty101 5y ago
  > It did nothing if you didn't turn it on. How do you know though? Google is constantly tracking your every move by default without you turning anything on. So even if this feature had an on/off it was more by the grace of Google than by any strongly enforced anti-tracking feature.
  • lkbm 5y ago
    > Google is constantly tracking your every move by default without you turning anything on. They are. And you decided to take issue with a default-off feature instead. Of all the tracking features your phone has, this one seems like the least creepy. It's not like they're "asking consent" for every other feature they ship.
    • edmcnulty101 5y ago
      Totally disagree. This is a feature that, with govt cooperation , could have led to criminal punishment. There were already government punishments for COVID in place just not coordinated with big tech.