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I used to use OwnTracks to avoid giving my location data to Google, and I'd like to note here that it still gives your location data to Google, as Google is your location provider. Ie it asks Android where you are, Android sends some stuff to Google, Google sends back some coordinates, and OwnTracks stores them wherever you tell it.

Since I didn't want Google to have my location at all, I now just turn off location services except when I need to use GPS. I just wish my device worked for me, instead of for Google.




I work on the OwnTracks Android client.

There is a build (the "OSS" flavour) that doesn't use any of the Google dependencies, and it's currently waiting to get merged into the F-Droid repo (https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/10698). If you can't wait for that, you can grab the APK from the releases on github.


That's fantastic, thank you!


Tried to use it on a deGoogled phone and yeah, didn't work.

Then tried Nextcloud with the PhoneTrack plugin and bingo, succes. I recommend it.


I run graphene on my phone and AFAIK you can replace the location provider with a local-only version.

I haven't dug deeply into it yet because I keep location off, but I believe it is possible.




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