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RandySF

(59,757 posts) Mon Feb 28, 2022, 01:21 AM Feb 2022

Google disables Maps feature in effort to keep Ukranians safe.

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The Kyiv Independent

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⚡️Google Maps disables Google Maps’ live traffic overlay and Live Busyness, a feature that displays how popular a location may be at a given time.

Google reportedly made the change in an effort to help keep Ukrainians safe.

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Google disables Maps feature in effort to keep Ukranians safe. (Original Post) RandySF Feb 2022 OP

Does that also mean that Ukrainians can't get Russian traffic reports? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2022 #1

OAITW r.2.0

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1. Does that also mean that Ukrainians can't get Russian traffic reports?

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Mon Feb 28, 2022, 01:24 AM

Feb 2022

Or is there an encrypted real-time overlay type app that addresses this?

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