Google kills service for carriers that mapped coverage and performance with anonymous user data

Back in April, Google silently shut down its "Mobile Network Insights" service, which provided carriers with data about network performance in different locations as provided by Android handsets. According to an exclusive report from Reuters, Google killed the service as a result of concerns regarding user data privacy, even though the information that was given to carriers was ostensibly stripped of identifying information.

Privacy was reportedly Google's chief concern, according to "four people with direct knowledge of the matter" who spoke to Reuters.

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