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So Google is now preventing people from removing location data from photos taken with Pixel phones.
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So Google is now preventing people from removing location data from photos taken with Pixel phones.
Remember when Google's corporate motto was "don't be evil?"
Obviously, accurate location data on photos is more useful to a data mining operation like Google.
From Google: "Important: You can only update or remove estimated locations. If the location of a photo or video was automatically added by your camera, you can't edit or remove the location."
It's enshitification in action.
Source: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6153599?hl=en&sjid=8103501961576262529-AP
#technology #tech @technology #business #enshitification #Android #Google @pluralistic #infosec
@ajsadauskas @technology @pluralistic when using stock pixel android, Google does not need the location from Fotos to have your location data.
On the other side, Google is actually building pretty cool things still under NDA to prevent location data to leak to other apps
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If you don't trust Google, don't use Android with Google services. It always has been that simple.
@mxk @ajsadauskas @technology @pluralistic Stop apologizing for the shitty behavior of fucking billionaires. They are not your friend. They do not care about you. They don't know you exist.
"Just don't use it!" is the cry of ever braindead fanboy out there.
Do better.
@tenet @mxk @ajsadauskas @technology @pluralistic
Sounds almost like:
https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/