[nulld3v]

Unfortunately, I'm fairly sure this wouldn't really help given that service providers still maintain records of which phones connected to which towers.

It's still a nice change though, and I like that they allow users to still send encrypted backups of their location history to the cloud.

[thfuran]

Service providers don't just maintain history, they package up real time location info for sale through third parties.

[DistractionRect]

The tin foil hats among us will be quick to say that this move is to drive sales of real time data.

If they remove history but sell real time data, customers that require location history will be forced to be buy real-time data at scale in perpetuity.

[ThrowawayTestr]

Yup. Leave your phone at home if you're gonna commit a crime.

[function_seven]

I’m worried about others in my vicinity committing crimes.

Should I leave my phone at home whenever I get a spidy sense that a criminal will be crime-ing within a 100 yards of me?

[eviks]

Unless you have a stronger sense that a criminal will be crime-ing within a 100 yards of your home where you left your phone