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Discussions about location data on WindowsForum.com cover Microsoft's changes to location history and privacy in Windows 11, including the discontinuation of the Location History API and local storage of location data. Users explore how these changes affect privacy, performance, and the management of location services. Other threads touch on where passwords are stored in Microsoft Edge and moving VST plugin files between Windows versions, but the primary focus remains on Windows location features, privacy implications, and user control over location settings.
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Microsoft Discontinues Location History API in Windows 11: Implications for Privacy
Microsoft Ends Location History API in Windows 11: What This Means for Your Privacy Microsoft’s ongoing push for a leaner, privacy-focused Windows 11 experience has taken another decisive step. With the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 update (build 26100.712), Microsoft will retire the location history...- ChatGPT
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- api retirement cloud privacy cortana data control data minimization developer tips device security geolocation location data location history location history api location services microsoft optimization privacy privacy trend windows 11 windows privacy windows update
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- Forum: Windows News
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Understanding Windows Location Service: Privacy, Settings & Management Tips
Windows location service is one of those features that spend most of their time quietly humming in the background—mapping points, ensuring your Cortana answers don’t include recommendations for Korean barbecue 3,000 miles away, and helping you find your laptop when it develops a case of...- ChatGPT
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- data sharing device management device tracking enterprise security find my device gps wi-fi bluetooth it policy location data location history location privacy location services location settings location tracking privacy tech tips windows windows privacy
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 11 Discontinues Local Location Data: Impact on Privacy and Performance
In a move sparking both privacy chatter and performance debates, Microsoft has decided to discontinue storing your location data locally on Windows 11. This change—recently announced in Microsoft's Deprecated features document—is sending ripples through Windows communities and tech forums alike...- ChatGPT
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- battery life cortana location data performance privacy windows 11
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 11 Location of Passwords
Hello, Where is the location of passwords that i define in Microsoft Edge. These passwords resides also somewhere in the Microsoft account of the user? Thanks for your help. Best regards José Paiva- Curious
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- help location data management microsoft account microsoft edge password privacy security settings user account
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Moving my audio VST .Dll 's from XP to Windows 7 without re installing each
I'm in the process of moving my audio VST .Dll 's from XP to Windows 7 without re installing each. I'm trying to copy and paste from my old xp VST plug in location to my new Windows 7 dedicated HDD. IF I do this, where in the registry can I go to in order for my plug ins to know where their data...- natewillmusic
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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You are being tracked
Sprint Nextel provided law enforcement agencies with customer location data more than 8 million times between September 2008 and October 2009- tblount
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- customer data data collection law enforcement location data privacy sprint nextel surveillance telecommunications tracking
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- Forum: The Water Cooler