This article says that holding your location history is creepy but holding your search history is harmless and you should let them do it.
I find the opposite is true. I have no use for my search history, but I like to see my timeline to help me remember. I have a bad memory. Looking up past events, trips I took, places I've been and the context of my old photos is important to me.
So my question is, why does CNET want me to delete my timeline but not my search and app usage history? My location data is of no use to them, (but it is of use to me,) so location data is "creepy" but my search history is very important to keep? Huh? Why exactly? Why do I need to remember that 2 months ago I searched for "python ppa ubuntu"? Useless. Delete it please.
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This article says that holding your location history is creepy but holding your search history is harmless and you should let them do it.
I find the opposite is true. I have no use for my search history, but I like to see my timeline to help me remember. I have a bad memory. Looking up past events, trips I took, places I've been and the context of my old photos is important to me.
So my question is, why does CNET want me to delete my timeline but not my search and app usage history? My location data is of no use to them, (but it is of use to me,) so location data is "creepy" but my search history is very important to keep? Huh? Why exactly? Why do I need to remember that 2 months ago I searched for "python ppa ubuntu"? Useless. Delete it please.