I think 'pause' is a better word than 'off'. The reason is that a person is more likely to think that turning 'off' location history deletes the old location history, which it does not. 'Pause' makes this differences clearer to the user who might not be as familiar with technology.
> 'Pause' makes this differences clearer to the user who might not be as familiar with technology.
I'd love for the Googles of this world to really make things easier for people not as familiar with technology. For instance lightswitches do not have a pause button.
To be fair, nor do they have a history. Though simplification can make things easier, it can also result in obfuscation, and it's often not obvious which is the better bargain in general.
Historically they didn't have a history, but there are "smart grid" electric meters that track energy usage on a smaller time scale, and privacy is an issue for those.
If the lights in your living room total up to 85.5W, someone with access to fine grained power consumption logs can infer when you turned that light switch on or off.
Similarly, there's going to be a telltale power consumption profile for when you're in the shower, when you run your washing machine, when you turn on your television, etc.
This isn't widespread, but it's something to look out for going forward.
