[bmdavi3]

Between the Nest cam recording light becoming "always on" and this, it's like they've been brainstorming ways to be "pro-privacy" with the caveat that it can't affect the data they collect.

We'll probably see another one next week.

[xg15]

Not sure if intentional but both moves also seem rather passive-aggressive - i.e., they both affect relatively uncontroversial data uses that might cause noticeable problems for end-users when affected.

E.g., they make a camera designed for surveillance helpfully indicate to any burglars whether or not the owner might be watching them - but they don't change the actual capabilities of Google to watch.

They turning of location sharing for one feature that people would probably agree to share statistics with but keep the personal location history every android user gets by default untouched.

[sieabahlpark]

Ever notice they do something very shortly after there is a stir about their internal anti privacy memos from the leaker?