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GrapheneOS Adds Custom Private Network Location Feature

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Re: GrapheneOS Adds Custom Private Network Location Feature

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Post by rasmus-kirk »

mcsniff wrote: post #6
rasmus-kirk wrote: post #5

Does this fix the annoyingly poor performance of location services on graphene without compromising privacy? If so it's impressive. How would I enable it?

Did you consider reading the details linked or going to Settings => Location and looking? Seriously. How did you even install GrapheneOS without a little bit of self-determination?

I did look. There is: - Location Services - Secure User Plane Location - Predicted Satellite Data Service

It's not immediately obvious what I need to enable in order to get better location services, if it's already enabled, and whether the feature in the linked post even helps with the issue. Why are you so hostile?

I use Graphene for privacy without a massive hassle, I don't care enough about my phone ecperience to be really into it, I just want provacy. And generally GrapheneOS has been GREAT for this.

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Post by _k2vp »

infogulch wrote: post #4

Apparently they've been scraping Apple's network location database and plan to offer a substitute service running on GrapheneOS servers, as well as a way to upload data you collect on your device.

https://github.com/acheong08/apple-corelocation-experiments

I worked on this a while back in parallel. You can dump Apple's entire database in ~2 weeks. Around 3 billion records including China.

You can compress it down to only a few gigs and have everything offline. I also got a ichnaea proxy though not as well tested. Been using it myself and it's alright,

Re: GrapheneOS Adds Custom Private Network Location Feature

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Post by rasmus-kirk »

gruez wrote: post #8
rasmus-kirk wrote: post #5

Does this fix the annoyingly poor performance of location services on graphene without compromising privacy? If so it's impressive. How would I enable it?

From the OP: >If you want location detection without satellite reception, you can enable this service Settings > Location > Location services > Network location with a choice between Apple's service and our proxy to it. [...]

Okay, so it seems to be currently unavailable, maybe they haven't pushed the update yet. I only see Wifi-scanning and bluetooth

Re: GrapheneOS Adds Custom Private Network Location Feature

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Post by plsbenice34 »

dumbmrblah wrote: post #7
mcsniff wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you consider reading the details linked or going to Settings => Location and looking? Seriously. How did you even install GrapheneOS without a little bit of self-determination?

Why are all the privacy oriented people unhelpful, rude and condescending (like yourself)?

Not all are, of course. Hopefully it's a minority. However, in my experience it is a factor that many less-technical people are ungrateful and rude even if I spend hours giving them free tech support. I suppose because they expect niche privacy tech to 'just work' more easily. After experiencing that hundreds of times it can become difficult to not become jaded.

Re: GrapheneOS Adds Custom Private Network Location Feature

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Post by ShowalkKama »

rasmus-kirk wrote: post #13
gruez wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From the OP: >If you want location detection without satellite reception, you can enable this service Settings > Location > Location services > Network location with a choice between Apple's service and our proxy to it. [...]

Okay, so it seems to be currently unavailable, maybe they haven't pushed the update yet. I only see Wifi-scanning and bluetooth

It is available.

Builder number: 2025030300 (in Settings > About phone)

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