'we do not store data related to customers’ location, Map searches or Siri requests'

[onehandle]

This is not true of Google.

I hate to beat a dead horse, but if you use any of Google's 'free' services, or the totality of Android, you are feeding the NSA.

https://www.apple.com/apples-commitment-to-customer-privacy

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1. It's not so much that I feed the NSA as they feed off of me.

I often use Google maps because, like most people, I need directions to places I've never been.

[onehandle]

3. There's Bing, Yahoo, Mapquest, etc...

Google Maps' central purpose is to collect your life.

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7. And you want me to believe that those other groups don't do the same thing?

[onehandle]

8. Why centralize the data in one place? We Are Making Google Big Brother.

Diversify your Internet activity.

[RobertEarl]

4. Yes

And now they can tell you wherever you went.

Or tell anyone who might want to know wherever you go. For a fee, of course.

[FreeState]

5. 5 free alternatives to Google Maps

http://www.freemake.com/blog/top-5-free-alternatives-to-google-maps/

[leveymg]

6. For many years people have been saying that Google IS the NSA. Looks like they were right.

It's still a useful service, unlike Adobe or Yahoo or Bing!