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Re:Google can use Bluetooth to track phones even with Blueto... by nitrogen on Monday April 13, 2020 @11:53AM (#22856900)
It still only shows "home" and "work" addresses in one obscure part of the UI with history off, while the rest of the UI won't let you change or add saved addresses without turning history back on.
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Re:Google can use Bluetooth to track phones even with Blueto... by markstos on Monday April 13, 2020 @01:28PM (#22857880)
This is a false requirement. Google doesn't need to track my real-time location to allow me to tell it the location of my home or work.
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Re:Google can use Bluetooth to track phones even with Blueto... by lonelappde on Monday April 13, 2020 @01:34PM (#22857942)
It's due to a technical detail. Because of how the software was built, turning on Home/Work would have led to the data being slurped into the servers as a side effect of the overall architecture, so they had to block the Home/Work in no-History feature until they fix the data flow. Up to you to judge why they didn't prioritize fixing that bug earlier.
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