On: No reasonable expectation of privacy in one's Goog...

[gleenn]

How is turning on a feature the same thing as handing data it collects to Google etc? I turned on computer backups, does that mean the feds can read all of that?

[lokar → gleenn]

Sharing your personal information with a 3rd party reduces your claim to privacy and 4th amendment rights.

[gleenn → lokar]

I'm not sure I'm making any better argument, but technically it's 2nd party. If I turned on a Google feature, that's between us. And honestly that's kind of the point I'm trying to make. Enabling a feature doesn't mean I want anyone to have access to that features data.

[ranger_danger → lokar]

pretty sure one of the 47 agree buttons people blindly click on while using their phone has given them the permission already

[gruez → ranger_danger]

Source? According to the article it's presented to the user in pretty straightforward language:

>Before he can activate the setting, however, Google always presents him language that explains the basics of the service.

Moreover, most people did not blindly click through all the prompts:

>Roughly one-third of active Google users have enabled Location History.

[ranger_danger → gruez]

I don't have a direct source but I found some other posts that suggest many people are unknowingly turning it on.

"While this feature is turned off by default, many of Google's services and apps require it to be turned on, so unless you're actively keeping it off, there's a good chance it's enabled for your Google account." https://www.xda-developers.com/google-location-history/

"lots of people seem to have it switched on without even realising" https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2017/10/03/the-google-tracking...

Also, "Turning off the timeline feature doesn’t remove Google’s access to your location data as long as you use it for navigation and Google searches." https://www.guidingtech.com/how-to-view-and-manage-location-...

[lokar → ranger_danger]

I mean, you have no (or limited) 4th amendment rights in regards to information you have given or shared with someone else.