XPost: comp.mobile.android, sci.geo.satellite-nav, alt.privacy   
   From: usenet@arnowelzel.de   
      
   Arno Welzel, 2024-06-15 11:48:   
      
   > Andrew, 2024-06-14 23:54:   
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   > [...]   
   >> Unfortunately, OSMAnd+/OSMAnd~ is not privacy aware.   
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   >   
   > Sorry, missed that.   
   >   
   > However - I don't see any privacy issue here. Coarse location means,   
   > your device will try to get a location based on a triangulation of the   
   > connected base stations. This will happen *always* as long as your   
   > device is connected to a mobile network, even if you don't use any app   
   > at all! To avoid this you need to turn off mobile networking completely,   
   > which means remove the SIM and do not let you device connect to a mobile   
   > network at all.   
      
   To be more precise: if an app has the right to use coarse location it   
   means it will have access to data which your device collects anyway,   
   even if you don't use that specific app. Location based services based   
   on the current base stations the device is connected to already existed   
   long before smartphones even existed.   
      
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