Re: Where is Google Maps Timeline stored on Android? (Android 14 UI 6.1 on Samsung A54)

On 6/13/2024 5:03 PM, Dudley Brooks wrote:

I did the required 7 taps on Build Number and successfully turned on
Developer Mode

The Developer options in Android has always been like editing the registry
in Windows, where if you're going to turn it on, you're supposed to know
how to do that and what to do with all the options that it make available.

However ... Developer Options does NOT include Firebase App Indexing!

I saw "Settings > Google services > Firebase App Indexing" in Android 13
only after I turned on "Developer options", so I assume you'd see the same.

Firebase App Indexing saves a ton of personal data on your phone.
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/231849/stop-gms-firebase-indexing-from-collecting-all-of-the-personal-data

I agree with you that there's not a lot on the Internet about Firebase App
Indexing on Android once you turn on the Developer options. You're just
supposed to know all about it, I guess, simply because it exists. :(

https://support.google.com/android/thread/18328571/why-is-there-a-firebase-app-indexing-option-under-accounts-with-several-google-apps-listed
https://xdaforums.com/t/privacy-anyone-know-how-to-clear-google-map-search-results-in-the-android-firebase.4369547/
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/gdg-oslo-hidden-android-features/75463195#23