Reason Magazine: Your Digital Life may not be your Property

That's the question at the heart of #HarperVersesODonnell, which is before the #SupremeCourt. New Hampshire resident Jim Harper is fighting back against the IRS after discovering he was swept up in a massive digital dragnet.
The case could redefine how the #FourthAmendment applies in the age of cloud storage—and it may determine whether your #emails, #locationhistory, #searchqueries, and #financialrecords that tech companies store on your behalf are treated as your property.

https://reason.com/2025/05/02/the-irs-says-your-digital-life-is-not-your-property/

Google Maps Timeline Data Vanishes: Users Report Lost Location History Amid Backup Glitch

#GoogleMaps #TimelineData #LocationHistory #DataLoss #TechNews #PrivacyIssues

https://www.techi.com/google-maps-timeline-data-loss-raises-privacy-concerns/

Mh, was ist das denn nun wieder für eine Teufelei? Ich liebe dieses Privacyhorror-Feature ja..😅

Mal schauen, wie ich das jetzt sichern kann, um nicht die Daten seit dem HTC Magic zu verlieren. #google #locationhistory

#Google will begin to delete everything it knows about users’ previously visited #locations, the company has said, a year after it committed to reducing the amount of #PersonalData it stores about users.

The company’s “timeline” feature – previously known as #LocationHistory – will still work for those who choose to use it.

Google to start permanently deleting users’ location history
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/google-to-start-permanently-deleting-users-location-history/ar-BB1nKLZv?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&cvid=482a9c728693477daef88aabce519561&ei=52&PC=EMMX01

#Google #Android #Geofencing #Surveillance #GeofenceWarrants #LocationHistory: "Google’s announcement outlined three changes to how it will treat Location History data. First, going forward, this data will be stored, by default, on a user’s device, instead of with Google in the cloud. Second, it will be set by default to delete after three months; currently Google stores the data for at least 18 months. Finally, if users choose to back up their data to the cloud, Google will “automatically encrypt your backed-up data so no one can read it, including Google.”

All of this is fantastic news for users, and we are cautiously optimistic that this will effectively mean the end of geofence warrants. These warrants are dangerous. They threaten privacy and liberty because they not only provide police with sensitive data on individuals, they could turn innocent people into suspects. Further, they have been used during political protests and threaten free speech and our ability to speak anonymously, without fear of government repercussions. For these reasons, EFF has repeatedly challenged geofence warrants in criminal cases and worked with other groups (including tech companies) to push for legislative bans on their use."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/end-geofence-warrants