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by zibzab
1708 days ago
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It could very much be that this data is not used for advertising and is mostly just really horribly implemented dev analytics. Having read the report, I can't find any smoking guns about _uses_ of the data. But we really don't know at this point. |
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We do know ... or a least we should.
Google has said it receives tens of thousands of "geofence" and "keyword" warrants each year looking to identify anyone within a certain geographic area at a particular time or anyone who searched for a particular keyword.
There are 3 pertinent points here:
1) Google can absolutely identify you personally; otherwise, the warrants would be useless.
2) The authorities are searching info from your phone without probable cause (aka "fishing").
3) Innocent people have been convicted for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/19/google-geofence-warrants/