Any Update On Private/Local DB Network-based Location Services?

ttmp12

For some time now, the idea has been to add a local database to GrapheneOS so that network-based location services can also be private. Currently, only GPS is private, while network-based location services (Wifi/BT scanning) require Google to provide the location information after submitting the nearby Wifi/BT device information.

Thus, network-based location is currently not enabled by default and is not private. If GrapheneOS would use a local database to allow to cut out Google for providing information, it would also be possible to get network-based location privately.

This would be an amazing feature because you could simply say that all location on GrapheneOS is private. Also, network-based location uses less battery than GPS. What's the status of this idea?

Thanks!

de0u

ttmp12 Issue #28 may be of interest.

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fid02

de0u Issue #28 may be of interest.

"thestinger assigned soupslurpr 2 days ago"

Nice.

ttmp12

de0u Thanks for the info! I was not aware of that. However, my post was not just to ask for an update, but to ask the community for their thoughts and ideas.

soupslurpr

@ttmp12 initial network location support is now released, is still in alpha because there were a few issues that needed to be fixed with it and the other new features that were added in that release.