Google moves to end geofence warrants, a surveillance problem it largely created

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By Zack WhittakerDec 16, 2023, 11:30 am433 ptsTop
Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their devices rather than on Google’s servers, effectively ending a long-running surveillance practice that allowed police and law enforcement to tap Google’s vast banks of location data to identify potential criminals. The use of so-called…

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