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BTC Sessions · 21w
I've been thinking about my life enjoyment lately and a big part of what drags me down is getting into doom scrolling. For work I need a device that's connected to a lot of stuff, but I want to unpl...
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Been using GOS for many years on multiple phones....
Keep it lean and mean:
- No Play Services
- No Location Services
- Stock keyboard and browser only
- Signal installed by APK, notifications work perfectly, app updates automatically with a notification informing you of this, battery life is just fine
- Use multiple profiles
- Use Obtainium for apps
- SimpleX Chat messages and calls work perfectly
- Set auto reboot for security
- Learn to adapt and change, this ain't your Samsung

Vitor Pamplona · 28w
What do you mean? It's a literal ball movement.
Henky!! · 29w
Its an android thing. Android takes location VERY seriously. If your location is turned off its not just GPS. Its any identifiable thing near you which includes bluetooth and wifi data.
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Yes it us an Android thing thing but there are ways around it, just ask AI and you will see.

Real world example:

VictronConnect is a fully developed app for Victron solar devices that monitors, controls and even updates firmware of these devices, all over Bluetooth. Older versions of this app needed location permission only (NOT PHONE LOCATION SERVICES ENABLED) for it to work. Back then they showed a popup saying app location permission was required by Android and they don't want or collect user location data.
I just installed VictronConnect on a new Pixel with latest Android and now latest version of this app does not even need location permission. I connected all my Victron devices and updated FW on them yesterday, all over Bluetooth with phone LOCATION SERVICES OFF and NO location permission given for the app.

@calle admitted to @ODELL on @CITADEL DISPATCH he is not an Android developer.

The app I used as example is from a large reputable company, their app was certainly not just vibe-coded in a few weeks by people inexperienced in Android development.

What does it say when a large corporation like Victron Energy cares more about user privacy than @jack and @calle.

These people purport to be privacy oriented individuals but seem to be quick to drop their drawers for this new shiny thing.

Please tell me why anyone with an inclination toward privacy would want to run around with a Location Services enabled phone.

Android Location Services turns on:

GPS Hardware
Wi-Fi Positioning
Cell Tower Triangulation
Bluetooth Location Services Location APIs
Background Location Updates Location Caching
Geofencing
Sensor fusion




calle · 29w
read again?
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I am aware of the Android requirement but know that in the early versions of Bitchat it was enough to just give app location permission, Location Services of phone could be off.
I have a different unrelated app that uses Bluetooth and this works for that app too. (grant the app location permission, leave Location Services off)

calle · 29w
read again?
Henky!! · 29w
Its an android thing. Android takes location VERY seriously. If your location is turned off its not just GPS. Its any identifiable thing near you which includes bluetooth and wifi data.