OSMAnd is spyware that leaks your travel history to the OSMAnd developers, even if you have analytics/telemetry turned off!

github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/is

github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd-iO

This unethical and consent-violating data leak exists in both the iOS and Android versions. It's not an accident - they are deliberately phoning home with a unique identifier.

@sneak I have analytics disabled and it pings download.osmand.org on ios privacy report. It happens during a live update or download - it should not be sending IDs (but I havent checked with a proxy to inspect https). Can't wait to hear back from them though, as I've been a long time fan of OsmAnd and a premium subscriber... 😬

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@lambdagoat the lead dev says it doesnt require consent because it's just a random id. he doesn't get it.

@sneak thanks for the update, that really sucks. I will rethink my subscription then

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