There is no way to give a 3rd party app your location and not Google

Re:There is no way to give a 3rd party app your location and... by olliej on Friday May 28, 2021 @06:59PM (#27321504)

Sure there is - just demand apps not use google's spyware. your app does not need google analytics, it doesn't need to use google maps, it doesn't need google login (hell most apps have no reason to require a login, unless they're terrible web apps I guess)

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Re:There is no way to give a 3rd party app your location and... by implying on Friday May 28, 2021 @07:16PM (#27321618)

Its deeper than that. Calling the fused location api contacts google's servers with location data. It is the only API that's well supported and documented. Using GPS sensors directly uses tons of battery, takes minutes to get a fix on most phones, and doesn't have access to some of the google-provided features like geofencing and wakeups on events.

A "g-free" phone can get location, but it's purposely hampered.

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Re:There is no way to give a 3rd party app your location and... by aembleton on Friday May 28, 2021 @08:36PM (#27322106)

> takes minutes to get a fix on most phones

I've never experienced that. It usually takes a few seconds for me.

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Re:There is no way to give a 3rd party app your location and... by yencabulator on Thursday June 03, 2021 @03:23PM (#27386122)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_first_fix

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Re:There is no way to give a 3rd party app your location and... by sitzkrieg on Friday May 28, 2021 @09:14PM (#27322297)

thats because its network assisted

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Re:There is no way to give a 3rd party app your location and... by olliej on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:36PM (#27322837)

Oh so on Android the location services system provides non-anonymized info to G?

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Re:There is no way to give a 3rd party app your location and... by atatatat on Sunday May 30, 2021 @01:09PM (#27334700)

Deanonymization is historically trivial, even if not built to be like normal.

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