Here’s why you should reenable Google Maps location history

Google Maps, who are you? I'm incredibly surprised to see Google come up with privacy features I'd expect from a competitive navigation app. Not the search giant that makes billions of dollars each quarter from highly-tailored ads based on a treasure trove of user data. Google doesn't only track what we browse online, but also our location, which is an incredibly important detail when creating those user profiles.

Waze and Google Maps are two Google apps that need access to location information for them to work. Ever since Google made it possible to auto-delete location history and turn it off completely, I've done so. It's a convenient feature to have, sure. But I also don't want Google to collect more data points about me.

Going forward, I might reenable it, considering that Google is making a big change to how location history data works. Rather than Google Maps sending that information to Google's servers, it'll save the info locally on the Android device or iPhone you use for navigation. That's just one of the surprising privacy features coming soon to Google Maps.

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