Google under scrutiny over pledge to protect abortion location data

Google under scrutiny over pledge to protect abortion location data

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/21/google-abortion-privacy-location-history

Researchers find movements can still be tracked despite firm’s vow to protect location history of people who visit abortion clinics

Google’s promise to protect the location history of users who visit abortion clinics is coming under scrutiny after researchers found that a user who had brief access to another user’s Android phone – such as a boyfriend logging into his girlfriend’s phone – could then relatively easily monitor the user’s movements.