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If google really cared about privacy, they wouldn't have moved maps away from a subdomain. now if I want maps to have my location (logical), I need to grant goo
by maccard 7mo ago
If google really cared about privacy, they wouldn't have moved maps away from a subdomain. now if I want maps to have my location (logical), I need to grant google _search_ my location too.
- flipped 7mo ago[flagged]
- butlike 7mo agoI'm not sure I follow. maps.google.com still resolves?
- amazingamazing 7mo agoGoogle has your location either way. What difference does it make?
- kevin_thibedeau 7mo agoYou can lock down their usage. Limit it to three months storage and minimize sharing. They still report an old address for home and work for me since I dialed up the restrictions years ago. They have the data but it is less exposed.
- amazingamazing 7mo agoI honestly don’t understand the scenario you’re defending against. Google still knows where you actually live and work trivially. If you don’t trust Google you should just de-Google completely.
- lukan 7mo agoI also don't trust my government. So should I just degovernment completely? Sounds just as practical or realistic for most people.
- amazingamazing 7mo agoYou’re saying moving on from Google is similar to switching government?
- lukan 7mo agoIn a way, yes, as google de facto governs and controls much of the internet.
- Jtarii 7mo agoSwitching government and deleting google are probably on the same order of magnitude of difficulty for most people.
- bornfreddy 6mo agoHave you tried moving on from Google, and preferably not to Apple?
- amazingamazing 6mo agoYes, it’s trivial. What are you having difficulty with? There are plenty of threads here on HN about this
- autoexec 6mo ago
- edgineer 7mo agoIt's not all-or-nothing; sometimes some people at Google push for some things to improve privacy. Rarely happens when revenue is at stake. Android used to ask you "do you want to alllow internet access?" as an app permission. Google removed that, as it would stop ads from showing up. Devastating change for privacy and security, great for revenue.
- sathackr 7mo agoGrapheneOS still does this -- allows controlling internet access on a per-app basis.
- lukan 7mo agoFor those of us stuck on normal android, is there a way to achieve that? I know it used to work with some firewall apps but nowdays they all require root access.
- Zak 7mo agoIt looks like you can't revoke the internet permission, but you can use the firewall via ADB. Settings are lost on reboot, but you can use an automation with Tasker or similar to set them on boot: https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/1mxjnvs/how_to_block_network_access_for_apps_with_adb/ https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/1mxjnvs/how_to_bloc...
- d2323 7mo agoNetguard No Root Firewall still works for me: https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard
- bornfreddy 6mo ago+1 for Netguard, it is awesome. A bit clumsy UI, but indispensible.
- throw_await 7mo ago
- autoexec 6mo agoGoogle doesn't care about privacy, but its easier for them to keep collecting your data if they can also keep it from getting unintentionally leaked to others. The last thing Google wants is for people to start thinking about the amount of data they're handing over.