April 17th, 2020 at 9:34 PM
(April 17th, 2020 at 9:31 PM)Lain Wrote: i'm indifferent on the vote but i certainly wouldn't use it if it were a feature.
i mean, realistically, it's not only google that gets the data of the person who inputs it. the site admins also have that data as it needs to be stored somewhere on the site. by extension, now google can associate a certain location with a certain online user and possibly do regional targeting for advertising or whatever.
and if anyone here uses a vpn (as i occasionally do) then the last thing you want to happen to your digital footprint is that someone figures out how to turn it into a digital trail.
y'all know that i'm a canuck and that i'm always cold.
that's broad enough to somewhat protect my identity, and you get a general enough idea of where i'm from.
imo that's all that's needed.
That's my concern with it too. It'd be an opt-in feature specifically to avoid issues with privacy. I'm big on that sort of thing as well.
