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Why people don't talk about Google Maps' privacy issues
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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Not necessarily. The data is out there. I don't think they could make it a part of the core app for legal reasons, but OsmAnd has a plugin system. Basically anyone could make it other than OsmAnd devs. Distribution could happen over an F-droid repo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5eL_al_m7Q
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://www.piped.video/watch?v=k5eL_al_m7Q
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
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Where? GMaps sources this data from each of its users.
And Google also trusts that data because it's collected at OS level.
If an open project tried to collect location data they could not trust it. There's no way to prevent malicious users from sending bogus data.
That's where. But also I wouldn't be surprised if there are also other sources.