OSMAnd is spyware that leaks your travel history to the OSMAnd developers, even if you have analytics/telemetry turned off!
https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/15058
https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd-iOS/issues/2115
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.
@hans it sends a unique and permanent tracking id on every map download.
@hans client ip is city level geolocation. when you send a persistent unique id from changing client ips over time, i know which cities you were in, and when.
@hans it’s fine if you don’t care about your own personal privacy but that doesn’t give anyone license to track people who do (and don’t consent to such tracking)
It's a good thing that you told the world about this, so that people have a choice. Not going to be easy, I think, because every alternative that I know of is a far bigger privacy risk, but hey. But telling the world by calling it "spyware" and "leaking travel history" is a bridge too far, I think.
@hans that's because you don't understand tracking. it is objectively tracking regardless of whether you comprehend it as such or not. the idea that it needs informed consent is your clue.
@hans if it weren't literally designed to discern one user from another, no unique identifier would be necessary.
Sure, maybe OsmAnd could work without that ID, but again, I find your claim far fetched.