Google allegedly hid settings that made hiding your location easier

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‘This doesn't sound like something we would want on the front page of the [New York Times]’, one employee reportedly commented

executive and engineers were aware that the company made it harder for smartphone users to keep location information private, according to newly released, unredacted documents.between the state of Arizona and the search, with Attorney General Mark Brnovich putting the suit forward in May 2020.

 

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