Comment Not new, Google Timeline saved a life in 2016 (Score 1) 63
In 2016, in France, Google's geolocation history saved a biker's life:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.numerama.com%2Ftech%2F...
The biker had an accident, but the police was unable to find him (the geolocation provided by the phone company was too imprecise).
His family checked his Google Timeline ( https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fti... ) and was able to get the correct position of the biker.
The moral of this story is that Google knows very precisely where you are when you use the phone's GPS.