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Google Will Stop Telling Law Enforcement Which Users Were Near a Crime::(Bloomberg) – Alphabet Inc.’s Google is changing its Maps tool so that the company no longer has access to users’ individual location histories, cutting off its ability to respond to law enforcement warrants that ask for data on everyone who was in the vicinity of a crime.Most Read from BloombergNetanyahu, Under Pressure Over Hostage Deaths, Vows to Press OnMike Johnson May Be the Next House Speaker to Lose His Job‘Underwater’ Car Loans Signal US Consumers Slammed by High RatesUS Navy Shoots Do

  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    the surveillance state are the customer.

    Except it would seem not, since you know this news.

    • ruplicant@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      why not? the quote is in the present tense - while article claims Google will change policy

      and are you sure this is the only service Google is offering to the surveillance state?