Google releases location data for 131 countries

Re:Google releases location data for 131 countries by m0zg on Friday April 03, 2020 @03:52AM (#22767088)

Would be interesting to see "hospitals" as a category. They do have this data, too.

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Re:Google releases location data for 131 countries by ETN21 on Friday April 03, 2020 @04:08AM (#22767152)

Terrifying how much data they actually have.

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Re:Google releases location data for 131 countries by m0zg on Friday April 03, 2020 @04:13AM (#22767186)

IMO, the word "terrifying" is severely overused nowadays. Everything is "terrifying". But no, this is not that much worse than all the other data brokers that predate Google by decades in some cases. I'm not saying it's good in any way, but certainly not "terrifying".

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Re:Google releases location data for 131 countries by ETN21 on Friday April 03, 2020 @04:37AM (#22767315)

I actually agree with the sentiment you’ve expressed. However, it’s the inescapable scale that’s troubling.

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