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This is why you enable location history for Google Maps. It had genuinely saved few honest people from false accusations.



I'm stuck.

Please add /s or the links or both.


Telescreen works both ways. That could come in handy if you truly have nothing to hide, or I suppose if what you are hiding must be within His tolerances.

  Chalmers sent a copy of his timeline to Premier Park Ltd, the company that charged him with  the crimes, and the defendant was able to prove his innocence. The charges against him were dropped.[1] 

  the lawyer met with the detective in order to show him screenshots of McCoy’s Google location history, including data recorded by RunKeeper. The maps showed months of bike rides past the burglarized home, NBC News reports.[2]
1: https://www.phonearena.com/news/google-maps-keeps-user-from-...

2: https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/03/10/google-data-puts-in...

3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE




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