jlow (he / him)

This seems to be a non-MS alternative:

https://github.com/gphalkes/tilde

Via: https://user.space/e002-red-hat-summit-2025/

What does device-only mean in this context? That it’s only stored on your phone?

It (theoretically) works without PlayServices. I’m on CalyxOS with MicroG enabled and while I was testing OwnTracks I think MicroG was using the Gplay Location services or something? I’ve since turned something off in MicroG location settings that was phoning home to Google and GPS is pretty bad now, not sure if OwnTracks would still be usable.

I think the official app tries to not be killed by Android woth the usual tricks (permanent notification, disabling battery optimisation):

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.owntracks.android

You can (theoretically) control how often locations are tracked and sent but for me was using the location service constantly and draining battery quite a bit.

There is also

https://dawarich.app/

But I could never get it to ingest any data from the recc Android apps (this is probably a me problem, though, Linux Unplugged crew are using it).

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I’m pretty sure it’s “open source” (as in not os, actually and probably trained on stolen data like always?)

Insert the usual warning that Qwant is partly owned by right-wing German media conglomerate Springer here ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwant ).