So Google is now preventing people from removing location data from photos taken with Pixel phones.
Remember when Google’s corporate motto was “don’t be evil?”
Obviously, accurate location data on photos is more useful to a data mining operation like Google.
From Google: “Important: You can only update or remove estimated locations. If the location of a photo or video was automatically added by your camera, you can’t edit or remove the location.”
It’s enshitification in action.
Source: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6153599?hl=en&sjid=8103501961576262529-AP
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@ajsadauskas @alan @technology @pluralistic Location is always off on my phone. Location data on photos only has option to add a location.
Yes, I have tape over my PC and tablet cameras, and access to mics is off, too. 🤷♀️
@jenned @ajsadauskas @alan @technology @pluralistic Same (post-it note over cameras). I forgot about the mic settings. BRB