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I’ve always had location history disabled. I plan to keep it disabled.

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What about “Location Accuracy”? Using WiFi and Bluetooth to higher accuracy on positioning?

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I guess that’s on… fair enough, I’m sure Google has all my location data anyway :⁠-⁠P

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Yup… We’re f—ed.

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@ijeff who cares if it will still be using this data for advertising…

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@utzer It currently does, afaik. That’s why I turned this off long ago, even though I found the feature quite useful. I might use it again in the future though if there will be credible signs this will no longer be the case.

For now, there are plenty of self-tracking apps if you’re into this. I personally use Transistor when I am going on hikes or various trips. It’s great if you want to have a journal of places with gpx tracks.

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Is there anything as open as Transistor, but also as advanced as Google Timeline? I need snap-to-road (that’d be even better with OpenStreetMap data since their roads are way more accurate) and picking a mode of transportation (on foot, by bike etc.)

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*and then maybe sent it back to google anyways

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I hope I can select to store it on Google. What happens if I change phones?

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Right in the title: “with encrypted cloud Backups”

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Missed that somehow

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But they have a copy of the key.

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Then be a good steward of your own data and transfer it to your new phone.

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