thanks a lot

for those who have trouble understanding this

1. Passive Tracking (Wi-Fi & Bluetooth Beacons)

   Your phone constantly searches for nearby Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals.

   Retailers place Wi-Fi routers or Bluetooth beacons in stores to detect these signals.

   Each device has a unique MAC address (though modern phones often randomize this to prevent persistent tracking).

   These devices log when and where a phone is detected, creating a record of customer movement.

2. What They Can Track:

   When a customer enters or exits the store

   How long they stay

   Which areas of the store they visit

   Repeat visits (if the MAC address isn’t randomized)

   Whether they’ve visited other locations (if the same system is deployed across multiple stores)

could you elaborate their difference? what information is send to what servers?

In my opinion WIFI scanning / Bluetooth scanning / Network Location is only used within system and shared with apps inside the profile if given permission. If I use open source maps I can’t see how my personal information is going to leak

thanks a lot

MediaDRM is used in bank apps as well, which is hard to avoid

The thing is the Open Source mapping service doesn’t seems to work inside buildings. Does enabling those options help with that?

also How is CoMaps compared to osmand and organic maps?

thanks a lot

thanks a lot!

Or you can host your own Gitea or Forgejo instance. The latter is what Codeberg runs on.

thanks a lot I will look into it

thanks a lot, settling with lawnchair now

the link seems to be broken?

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thanks a lot! I will give it a look

thanks a lot I guess I will just download it with fdroid

Cool (you’'re sure no Play Services not just no Play Store?

yes

what about GMSCompatConfig?,

not sure what this is though

’m just curious), in that case kill its network and profit. I couldn’t do that a couple of years back, might have to re-evaluate…

yeah that could be the reason I guess?

I download it from aurora. So no play service on my phone and I can still use pixel cam

Many Thanks

is it safe and private if i download it in my main profile but with network permission disabled?

I can confirm there’s a difference in quality too

yeah u are right

Thank you very much

Just tested Pixel Camera is indeed better. Still looking for an Open Source alternative that could compete with it though