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From the fine article: > The company plans to sunset web access and switch to a more private, on-device approach. This would make Google Maps’ Timeline data un
by okdood64 2y ago
From the fine article:
> The company plans to sunset web access and switch to a more private, on-device approach. This would make Google Maps’ Timeline data unique to each connected phone — as the migration would deactivate the universal sync mechanism.
So even though they're killing the feature as it exists today, they're replacing it with something more secure. What's wrong here exactly?
- davidmurdoch 2y agoUh, I use it from the web.
- mh- 2y agoI do, too. Stuff like "what was that restaurant we went to in <random city> in <random year>". I really liked this feature and consciously left it enabled, knowing the privacy tradeoffs.
- Ferret7446 2y agoAnd so do cops, apparently, when they totally don't abuse their powers to force Google to give up your data.
- owen_p 2y agoIt seems hard to believe that offering the service via a desktop web app is any less secure - If it was, surely the same security concerns would apply to gmail, google docs, etc? When I saw this reasoning my immediate assumption was that they made the decision first, then came up with this excuse in order to keep up appearances and conceal the _real_ reason, (which I would guess is something like "they're undertaking a project which involves making large changes to google maps in order to increase revenue, and the work needed to make desktop maps timeline compatible with these changes isn't deemed worthwhile since it doesn't have many users and doesn't directly create revenue").
- striking 2y agoIt's going to only be stored on your phone. Any sync is going to be encrypted with per device keys. Google is tired of giving the cops your location. For once they are doing a good thing.
- kllrnohj 2y agoThe claim is they aren't syncing it to the cloud at all, so how would they serve it to a web interface?