Google has your location either way. What difference does it make?

kevin_thibedeau 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You can lock down their usage. Limit it to three months storage and minimize sharing. They still report an old address for home and work for me since I dialed up the restrictions years ago. They have the data but it is less exposed.

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amazingamazing 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I honestly don’t understand the scenario you’re defending against. Google still knows where you actually live and work trivially. If you don’t trust Google you should just de-Google completely.

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lukan 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I also don't trust my government. So should I just degovernment completely? Sounds just as practical or realistic for most people.

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shibapuppie 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"Just move" seems to be a pretty popular sentiment, in that scenario.

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amazingamazing 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You’re saying moving on from Google is similar to switching government?

	▲	bornfreddy 12 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Have you tried moving on from Google, and preferably not to Apple?
	▲	Jtarii 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Switching government and deleting google are probably on the same order of magnitude of difficulty for most people.
	▲	lukan 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		In a way, yes, as google de facto governs and controls much of the internet.

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lxgr 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not GGP, but I suppose the general idea is: Granting permanent location permission to maps.google.com seems a bit more privacy preserving than granting it to *.google.com, assuming one opens maps significantly less often than e.g. GMail, search etc.