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even if you run android you probably shouldn't run google apps. people have been installing google apps on third party roms like lineage and i always thought it's a terrible idea precisely because of shit like this

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Colin Freeze

@Colinfreeze

Apr 13, 2019

Wow. This lawful access story reveals a technique that is like a Google-sized tower dump, or a Stingray unlimited by range, for those familiar with past privacy/police debates. nytimes.com/interactive/20

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are there any decent andoid alternatives to google maps?

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osmand is amazing. it doesn't have most of the realtime data, but in exchange you get offline vector maps of the entire world

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f-droid.org/en/packages/co is worth trying for something less featureful but more user friendly. It's based on maps.me and exists because they wouldn't allow F-Droid to redistribute it as is. Optional upstream ads/analytics aren't a big deal but it removes that too.

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You can also still fall back to using Google Maps in a browser when needed without installing the more privacy invasive app. It works fine via Tor too, although you're still giving it location information, just anonymously. They don't have turn by turn navigation in the browser.

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