154b161@lemmy.ml to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoGeolocation without a GPScodeberg.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·edit-216 hours agoYes, because Google scans and logs everything in your area. You can do this on stock Android, but it probably requires Google location services.
minus-square154b161@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·16 hours agoyou don’t need google services, as this app proves.
minus-squarePointlessLifePersonified@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 hours agoJust so long as BeaconDB can keep its data relatively up-to-date (which requires many users contributing via running another FOSS app in the background on their phones), never mind trusting them any more than Google.
minus-square154b161@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoI tried it in my city, geolocation accuracy is really good. MicroG also uses BeaconDB, so they collect a lot of data.
Yes, because Google scans and logs everything in your area. You can do this on stock Android, but it probably requires Google location services.
you don’t need google services, as this app proves.
Just so long as BeaconDB can keep its data relatively up-to-date (which requires many users contributing via running another FOSS app in the background on their phones), never mind trusting them any more than Google.
I tried it in my city, geolocation accuracy is really good. MicroG also uses BeaconDB, so they collect a lot of data.