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Google will no longer hold onto people's location data in Google Maps — meaning it can't turn that info over to the police (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 11 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

4G masts can triangulate your location quite well based on signal strength and which post you're currently connected to so unless people are planning on removing their sim the government will always have decently accurate localization.

[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

I would imagine without the sim, they could still get the location considering emergency calling would work.

Probably would use the IMEI at that point.