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[-] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 7 months ago

Isn't this only Google Maps though?

[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 7 months ago

nope, it's actually used system wide for many things, mostly low power geolocation, apple has it's own NLP system, and there's actually a few privacy respecting ones which you can use if you have a rooted phone (Mozilla NLP/DejaVu NLP, with the latter being offline and relying on a database made by itself using the data from a time you had both GPS and wifi active)

[-] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 5 points 7 months ago

Shiiiiiit. I've never heard of NLP. How can I check which one my phone uses?

Do you think this one is privacy respecting?

Local NLP Backend (Location provider for UnifiedNlp and microG using only local data.) https://f-droid.org/packages/helium314.localbackend/

[-] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 10 points 7 months ago

As usual, I subscribed for the giggles and I keep getting dragged into unsolicited rabbit holes of useful knowledge. Thanks for being an awesome community

[-] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

UnifiedNlp has been abandoned. MicroG now has built-in MozillaNLP and DejaVuNLP.

[-] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 7 months ago

Thanks. What is the built-in NLP for Lineage OS? Maybe I'm not using the right keywords but I couldn't find out via search.

[-] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

By default, none. You can install Google services, then your phone will use their proprietary NLP system.

You can also install microG (an application that pretends to be a Google service and connects to it, but sending minimal data, respecting your privacy) and then you will use MozillaNLP and DejaVuNLP at the same time.

MozillaNLP: you send a list of WiFi networks around you to Mozilla over the Internet, you get location data

DejaVuNLP: a local database built on your phone. When a GPS location signal is available, DejaVu fetches the list of WiFi networks and adds this list of networks corresponding to the given GPS coordinates to its database for later use

[-] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 7 months ago
[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago

looks like a good privacy respecting one, but remember that you need root/microg to use it, so you are kinda stuck if you're on stock android

[-] featured@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Isn’t Mozilla deprecating theirs soon?

this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2024
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