> The company is switching to an on-device approach that is more private and works on each phone independently. >After transitioning, users will be able to bac

> The company is switching to an on-device approach that is more private and works on each phone independently. >After transitioning, users will be able to back up and restore their Timeline data to avoid losing it when switching devices. To me, that means "Google doesn't want this data on their servers", which probably translates to "We can't keep this data from law enforcement, and that is not what users expect/want, and it is harming our users, so we won't store it at all". We should be cheering this.