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Lately, I'm getting even more paranoid with Google. I have the location in my Android inactive and everytime I open google maps I get the message: "To continu
by RobertoG 9y ago
Lately, I'm getting even more paranoid with Google.
I have the location in my Android inactive and everytime I open google maps I get the message:
"To continue, let your device turn on location, which uses Google's location service. cancel - ok"
I have to click cancel every time. I think the language is disingenuous, because if you click cancel you can use the maps anyway. I suppose I should stop using Google Maps.
I use duckduckgo in my android, and the other day I realized that the keyboard where I'm typing is "Gboard - The Google Keyboard".
I suppose it's not calling home with every key, but who knows?, or, if it's not calling, if this will change in the future.
- zipwitch 9y agoYou may want to check out OpenStreetMap. http://www.openstreetmap.org/ http://www.openstreetmap.org/
- pacala 9y agohttp://maps.me http://maps.me For mobile, totally offline, uses OpenStreetMap data.
- Nition 9y agoNokia HERE WeGo[1] also does offline GPS maps. You can download whole countries as vector map data. MAPS.ME looks really good but I know some areas around here don't have great OpenStreetMap data yet, whereas they do have complete road data on Nokia's app. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.here.app.maps&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.here.app.m...
- pacala 9y agoCool! FWIW, around Pacific North West, I found OpenStreetMap data is significantly more detailed than Google's for hiking and pedestrian points of interest.