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Google is changing how it's Timeline feature works for Google Maps. Starting later this year, Timeline will save data on-device, and will delete past data if you don't manage your settings before the deadline.

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Several years ago, the company Google had a motto that was quite well-known in the industry at the time: “Don’t be evil.”

Several years ago, the company Google had a motto that was quite well-known in the industry at the time: “Don’t be evil.”

Google Maps will soon start saving your Location History and Timeline on the device itself instead of cloud and give you an option to delete all activity related to a place in a few taps.

The new Google Maps Timeline plays a game of three-card monte with your location data.

If you later choose a cloud backup for your location history, it will be encrypted end-to-end so no one, not even Google, can access it without your involvement.

Do you have any idea just how much Google knows about you? Here's how to find out what data Google collects.

Google knows a ton of information about you. Here are a few settings to change to take back some of your privacy.

IPhones have a built-in tracking solution, Find My iPhone, that’s enabled by default. Assuming you haven’t gone out of your way to enable it, you can use Find My iPhone to find your iPhone—even from an Android device. You can have Android track your lost iPhone in quite a few ways.