In Nougat, which google apps can we safely DISABLE?

[arlen holder]

In Nougat, which google apps can we safely DISABLE?
<https://i.postimg.cc/85W5FSFV/disabled01.jpg>

I am not rooted, and I removed the google account on my phone, where I can
get all the apps I want from the Google Play store using Aurora, and where
I have a few of them permanently disabled, where the phone seems to work.

In looking at what we _can_ disable permanently, I find:
Settings > General > Apps > (select app) > Disable
o Gmail = Disabled
o Google
o Google Play = Disabled
o Google Play Movies & TV = Disabled
o Google Play Music = Disabled
o Google Play Services
o Google Play services for Instant Apps
o Google Play Store
o Google Text-to-speech Engine
etc.

Which Google apps do you think we can safely disable?
<https://i.postimg.cc/85W5FSFV/disabled01.jpg>

[M. L.]

Only Google apps with a Disable button are safe to disable. But you
don't save any space by disabling system apps. They still take up the
same amount of space on the system partition so that they can be
restored after a factory reset. However, you do save on any background
bandwidth they might have used.

[Filip454]

W dniu 2019-04-20 o 09:41, M. L. pisze:

Ye but the memory is emptied and there is a smaller amount of spying
processes.

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Filip454
[filip454....@gmail.com]

[Libor Striz]

"M. L." <m...@privacy.invalid> Wrote in message:
>[ ..] However, you do save on any background bandwidth they might have used.

also the boot time, resident memory occupied by running background services, plus their activities.

BTW, disabling Android is quite safe too. It does not harm users if done intentionally.


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Poutnik ( the Wanderer )



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[Filip454]

W dniu 2019-04-20 o 13:12, Libor Striz pisze:

> "M. L." <m...@privacy.invalid> Wrote in message:
>> [ ..] However, you do save on any background bandwidth they might have used.
>
> also the boot time, resident memory occupied by running background services, plus their activities.
>
> BTW, disabling Android is quite safe too. It does not harm users if done intentionally.
>
>

Haha, made my day :)

By the way - Android slows down after some time on EVERY device
(high-end, mid-end, low-end, it does not matter). Something is wrong
with memory management in Android since its early days.

--
Filip454
[filip454....@gmail.com]

[arlen holder]

On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:12:27 +0200 (GMT+02:00), Libor Striz wrote:

> BTW, disabling Android is quite safe too. It does not harm users if done intentionally.

Hi Poutnik,

I don't generally ask easy-to-answer questions, so your jokes are
unhelpful. I know you know Android better than I do, so I would hope and
expect you to pitch in, as did most of the others, to ANSWER the question
as best you could.

That way, EVERYONE benefits from your actions.

There is value for all to the answer to this privacy question:
<https://i.postimg.cc/DyxTnMgC/disabled02.jpg>

It's a serious question where your jokes are essentially worthless, IMHO,
although you might have been making a minor (but obvious) point that if you
disable everything, then you have nothing.

But that's not something anyone would want.
o What I want to do is what most people I think would want.

Android works
o But Google spying doesn't work

It's called basic privacy, Poutnik.
o It's worth attempting to preserve.

To be clear, I'm not doing this to save memory (I have plenty); and I'm not
doing it to speed up the LG Stylo 3 Plus phone (it works just fine); but I
am doing it to disable any kind of Google spying that I don't absolutely
need.

It's all about additional privacy
o Hence, it's a valid and incredibly valuable question to ask how to do.

If nobody knows the answer, then I'll have to be the guinea pig tester:
o Settings > General > Apps > (select app) > Disable

I turned off all of these to see what will happen to Android:
o Gmail = Disabled
o Google = Disabled (this had to be turned back on - see below)
o Google Pay = Disabled

o Google Play Movies & TV = Disabled
o Google Play Music = Disabled

o Google Play Services = Grayed Out
o Google Play services for Instant Apps = uninstalled
o Google Play Store = Disabled
o Google Text-to-speech Engine = uninstalled
etc.
<https://i.postimg.cc/DyxTnMgC/disabled02.jpg>

I do a _lot_ of speech-to-text so I had to turn "Google" back on because it
stopped the keyboard microphone speech-to-text from working in the Pulse
SMS texting app. :(

Given I had to turn "Google" back on for the speech-to-text to work inside
of PulseSMS, one obvious question is how to do offline speech-to-text
WITHOUT using whatever "Google" is.

I always thought "Google" was just a "search box" (which I don't need):
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox>

Another obvious question is what is "Google" anyway?
o Google version 7.17.28.21.arm
<https://i.postimg.cc/V6hKKXBW/disabled03.jpg>

The "Google" app, I had thought, was a specific app for a specific search
box that I never use - but apparently the "Google" app controls the
speech-to-text for PulsSMS unfortunately.

Does anyone know of a good replacement for that "Google" searchbox app?

[arlen holder]

On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:41:15 -0500, M. L. wrote:

> Only Google apps with a Disable button are safe to disable. But you
> don't save any space by disabling system apps. They still take up the
> same amount of space on the system partition so that they can be
> restored after a factory reset. However, you do save on any background
> bandwidth they might have used.

I'm working toward a solution where, if everyone helps, we can add to our
combined tribal knowledge for how to improve privacy on Android.
<https://i.postimg.cc/c6q48cRT/disabled04.jpg>

I agree that most but not all the Google* apps had a "Disable" button,
where I break down my preliminary test results in three categories:

*Google apps that can be safely uninstalled*

o Google Text-to-speech Engine = uninstalled

o Google Play Services for Instant Apps = uninstalled

*Google apps that can be safely disabled*
o Gmail = Disabled
o Google Pay = Disabled

o Google Play Movies & TV = Disabled
o Google Play Music = Disabled

o Google Play Store = Disabled

*Google apps that you must keep*
o Google = Enabled (this is needed for PulseSMS speech-to-text to work :( )

o Google Play Services = Grayed Out

One obvious question to ask is what do we lose by deleting "Google Play
Services for Instant Apps",
<https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7240211>

Instant apps are, apparently, cloud-based apps:
<https://www.androidauthority.com/use-android-instant-apps-749544/>
<https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/19/17137088/instant-apps-game-developers-google-play-mobile-ads-agones-kubernetes>

So, my assumption is that we lose nothing we would want by deleting it.

Another obvious question that pops up is whether the Google Searchbox is
required just to get voice-to-text to work inside of the PulseSMS texting
app. I'm searching for a non-Google voice to text engine, but I don't see
one yet.

The holy grail of voice to text would be an offline non-Google
voice-to-text engine. It will eventually exist - but does it exist yet?

[Libor Striz]

arlen holder <ar...@arlen.com> Wrote in message:

> On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:12:27 +0200 (GMT+02:00), Libor Striz wrote:> BTW, disabling Android is quite safe too. It does not harm users if done intentionally.

> Hi Poutnik,I don't generally ask easy-to-answer questions, so your jokes are unhelpful.

Well, you need jokes more than others.
You take yourself too seriously.

Even the greatest scientists use jokes even in top and serious papers and books.

[arlen holder]

On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 06:47:47 +0200 (GMT+02:00), Libor Striz wrote:

> Even the greatest scientists use jokes even in top and serious papers and books.

Hi Poutnik,

Humor has its place, but it's not going to add value when technical
questions are asked as they are in this thread.

I'm well aware of the jokes of the likes of Einstein and Hawking, for
example, where they joke _after_ they have solved their technical problems.

Otherwise, they'd be comedians like George Carlin, instead of scientists.

For example, if any scientist was asked a scientific question, and the only
thing he could respond with was a silly joke, then he'd be written off as a
quack. Likewise, if all a scientist did in a research paper was joke, then
he'd be a terrible scientist for sure.

Jokes have their place - but this thread is asking a serious question.

The question that is being asked is what Google apps can be safely deleted,
which my experiments showed as almost all of them that have the name
"Google" in them, that show up in Settings > General > Apps.

The only Google apps (by name anyway) that can't be deleted are:
o Google Play Services <== I don't think this can be replaced easily
o Google <== I am hoping we can figure out how to replace this though

Where the "Google" app controls the speech-to-text in the keyboard mic.

The serious question to ask of experts here is how to replace that "Google"
app with a non-Google offline speech-to-text engine.

I am aware that Google provides, for the Pixel only, an _offline_
speech-to-text engine, but what I seek is what everyone would want, which
is an non-google offline speech-to-text engine that works in my phone (and
yours).

In addition, back to the original point of the thread, does anyone here
know of any _other_ Google apps which we can safely disable that I missed?

[Libor Striz]

arlen holder <ar...@arlen.com> Wrote in message:

> On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 06:47:47 +0200 (GMT+02:00), Libor Striz wrote:> Even the greatest scientists use jokes even in top and serious papers and books.Hi Poutnik,Humor has its place, but it's not going to add value when technicalquestions are asked as they are in this thread.

In fact, you are mistaken. It helps to jump out of a narrow sight view.

An still, you take yourself too seriously.

[M. L.]

> *Google apps that can be safely uninstalled*
> o Google Text-to-speech Engine = uninstalled

I don't think it's safe to recommend uninstalling Google Text-to-speech
Engine unless the user is aware of the possible consequences.

[arlen holder]

On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 09:49:24 +0200 (GMT+02:00), Libor Striz wrote:

> An still, you take yourself too seriously.

Please stop wasting our time.
o This is my last post to you in this thread.

[arlen holder]

On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 04:21:36 -0500, M. L. wrote:

> I don't think it's safe to recommend uninstalling Google Text-to-speech
> Engine unless the user is aware of the possible consequences.

Thanks for that update on the Google text-to-speech engine.

I understand that you're intimating that any "talking" apps may stop
working if the text-to-speech engine is removed. This is likely true.

I don't think there is any risk though, since it's easy to re-install.
o Google Text-to-Speech, by Google LLC
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.tts>

Likewise with the Google speech-to-text engine:
o Google, Google LLC
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox>

The holy grail for TTS/STT would be an offline engine, if it exists.
o Does a non-google offline TTS/STT engine exist that anyone knows of?

[Libor Striz]

arlen holder <ar...@arlen.com> Wrote in message:

Well, you were wasting your time yourself
by useless ranting above a single line joke.

..and you do take yourself too serious.

[Libor Striz]

arlen holder <ar...@arlen.com> Wrote in message:

Not aware of free one, as it is rather developer resource intensive
and, specifically,
free ones hardly offer Czech language.

I use Acapela , but it is not free.
( not off topic regarding the group nor the thread subject :-) )

[Filip454]

W dniu 2019-04-21 o 12:13, arlen holder pisze:

Why are you so salty? Leave him alone. It was only a joke...

--
Filip454
[filip454....@gmail.com]

[123456789]

arlen holder wrote:

> Humor has its place, but it's not going to add value when technical
> questions are asked as they are in this thread.

Yup. Even a cow would think this discourse is udder nonsense...

[arlen holder]

On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 15:25:50 +0200, Filip454 wrote:

> Why are you so salty? Leave him alone. It was only a joke...

Hi Filip454,

I get that some folks here thought the jokes hilarious...

However, please note that expend appreciable effort when I post a Q&A
thread, where, in this thread, for example, I've provided at least a
half-dozen well-annotated screenshots and plenty of step-by-step tested
details, where the noble goal is to further our progress in divorcing
ourselves from Google.

I'm not here on Usenet for worthless chit chat.
o I'm trying to get something done that takes intelligence & effort to do.

Look at this thread for an example of how well a Q&A thread "could" work:
o Can Irfanview alone make a transparent background of a multi-color background?
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.photo.digital/yAMxl2q7vvA>
1. Someone does their homework (spending hours, sometimes days).
2. They ask a question that doesn't have an obvious answer on the net.
3. A purposefully helpful poster provides useful TECHNICAL VALUE.
4. The OP tests that value & reports back their progress.
5. A tutorial results which will help EVERYONE with the same problem set.
o Tutorial for creating custom Windows icons from screenshots using only Irfanview freeware
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.photo.digital/sgn0zK3fRsk>

Would a thread filled with jokes have solved the technical question asked?

It takes zero brains and even less effort to uselessly chit chat on Usenet.
o It takes intelligence & effort to answer the stated question.

Bear in mind, I'm working on a tutorial, for days on end, that will help
others turn off _all_ the known spyware on Google. I'm not done yet, but
jokes don't help, where here's a snippet of what I'm working on...

Nougat privacy measures (work in progress).......

o Delete Google account:
Settings > General > Accounts & sync > Accounts > (wipe it out)
o Turn off Auto-sync data:
Settings > General > Accounts & sync > Auto-sync data = off
o Set up 5 primary notification icons in this order:
Airplane, Location, Data, WiFi, Sound
o Swipe > Notification Panel > Turn off Bluetooth
o Swipe > Notification Panel > Turn off NFC
o Swipe > Notification Panel > Turn off Sync
o Install DNS encryption (e.g., 1.1.1.1)
o Install Tor Browser
o Install offline voice-to-text engine (Pixel only)
o Neutralize Google services
Settings > General > Google services
o When turning on Location, always set it to GPS only
o When turning on Location, DISAGREE to "Improve location accuracy?"
o Settings > General > Fingerprints & security > Unknown sources = on
o Deactivate "Phone administrators" you don't want:
Settings > General > Fingerprints & security > Phone administrators
o Supplement Google Play with F-Droid
o Replace Google Play with Aurora
o Settings > General > Developer options > Automatic system updates = on
o Install Internet-free Calendar app
o Install Internet-free password app
o Install Internet-free encrypted file app
o Install offline map app & map database
o Check app permissions (disable those you don't wish to grant)
Settings > General > Apps > (choose an app) > permissions
o Add a content lock in addition to a main PIN or fingerprint:
Settings > General > Fingerprints & security > Content Lock=(add passwd)
snip snip snip snip snip snip (work in progress) snip snip snip snip

I get that you thought the jokes were hilarious, where I readily admit that
I don't have the social skills that others have to suffer fools graciously,
hence I therefore spend my energy on Usenet in value-added Q&A and not in
what I consider idle worthless cheap chit chat.

NOTE: If someone wants to chit chat on _other_ threads, I don't stop them;
I only complain when they bring their drivel to a Q&A thread I author
because these worthless posts (including mine here) hinder the process of
arriving at a technical conclusion, all for the amusement of a few who
can't answer the stated question topically and technically.

[Libor Striz]

arlen holder <ar...@arlen.com> Wrote in message:

>Would a thread filled with jokes have solved the technical question asked?It takes zero brains and even less effort to uselessly chit chat on Usenet.o It takes intelligence & effort to answer the stated question.

Another useless ranting....

A soup with a hint of salt and pepper
is not a soup full of salt and pepper.

Usenet is already full of your hostile emotions against multiple people.

BTW, Usenet is not the best place for Q/A database.

[Filip454]

W dniu 2019-04-22 o 05:41, arlen holder pisze:

The thing is that his jokes commented one thing which is hilarious and
quite sad at the same time - the fact is that Google spies on people
more than Apple. It's a fact.

Ok, you want to be specific and exclude all the jokes about Android
phones? No problem. So here's the thing: I stopped reading after looking
at your first point (delete Google account). The problem is that when
you delete your Google account from the Android device, it automatically
becomes less functional because you have to install apps from external
sources which makes your phone prone to vulnerabilities from the internet.

His joke is a clever way to really make people think about the clutter
installed by manufacturers on their Android phones so I find his post
very valuable while funny at the same time.

It's not chit chatting at all. Making jokes is a way of defending
ourselves. When we talk about serious things like this we cannot go to
serious because if we do, we would become more and more paranoid and
fear is the worst thing that can ruin your mood, day, life etc., etc.
The topic of companies spying on us is very, very important and should
not be neglected of course but trust me - there is no possible way to
divorce yourself from Google if you need to actually use your smartphone
daily to the fullest instead of "half-using" it.

With that said - smartphones are made in the way that makes spying a lot
easier. It's just the nature of every smartphone and personally and I'm
sorry but I think you cannot change it much (of course excluding the
fact that there are some companies that spy more and there are those
other companies that do not spy at all).

--
Filip454
[filip454....@gmail.com]

[arlen holder]

On Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:20:26 +0200, Filip454 wrote:

> The thing is that his jokes commented one thing which is hilarious and
> quite sad at the same time - the fact is that Google spies on people
> more than Apple. It's a fact.

(For folks who are NOT Filip454, please skip to the on-topic addendum at the bottom!)

Hi Filip454,

Thanks for letting me know the foundation of your belief system.

My belief system is not imaginary; it's based on pure solid facts.
o Google spying is very real indeed, which is cause for concern for sure
o Apple touts a completely imaginary privacy that doesn't actually exist

Jokes aside, I'm about FACTS & then LOGIC deduced from those facts.
o The fact is that Google spies more than Apple, that's for sure
o But, the fact is that Android _can_ easily be set up to be private

Far more so, in many ways, than iOS can be set up to be private.
o But this thread isn't about iOS - so if you want that thread, go here:
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/FCKRA_3i9CY/Bm40liKdEQAJ>

You just have to know how to set up Android for privacy.
o Which this thread (and many others) attempt to outline in detail

> Ok, you want to be specific and exclude all the jokes about Android
> phones? No problem. So here's the thing: I stopped reading after looking
> at your first point (delete Google account).

Hi Filip454,

What's clear is that you just told me that you prefer to be ignorant.
o If you stopped reading, then you'll continue to remain ignorant.

Your choice...
o But, please, don't spout bullshit when you claim to prefer ignorance.

> The problem is that when
> you delete your Google account from the Android device, it automatically
> becomes less functional because you have to install apps from external
> sources which makes your phone prone to vulnerabilities from the internet.

Hi Filip454,

Your shocking ignorance is, unfortunately, astoundingly obvious Filip464,
o For example, AFAIK, the Aurora Store is EXACTLY the same as Google Play!
<https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/galaxy-playstore-alternative-t3739733>

If you don't even know something this incredibly simple, Filip464...
o Then what confidence do we have on _any_ of your suggestions?

Remember ... my facts have _never_ been materially wrong in _thousands_ upon
thousands of posts, Filip, which you have to admit, for somoneone on Usenet
since the early days, that's pretty incredible (1).

As far as I know, the Aurora store gives you EXACTLY the same apps as does Google Play.
o Do you know that statement to be incorrect?

(If so, please name one supporting cite that your beliefs are built upon.)

> His joke is a clever way to really make people think about the clutter
> installed by manufacturers on their Android phones so I find his post
> very valuable while funny at the same time.

Hi Filip454,
Given what you've told us already, I suspect you would find jokes valuable.
o You certainly didn't find facts valuable.

It appears that the only items of value to you, are the jokes.
o Actual facts, by your own words, you prefer to remain ignorant of

Your choice.

> With that said - smartphones are made in the way that makes spying a lot
> easier. It's just the nature of every smartphone and personally and I'm
> sorry but I think you cannot change it much (of course excluding the
> fact that there are some companies that spy more and there are those
> other companies that do not spy at all).

Hi Filip454,
Despite wasting everyone's time responding to your worthless drivel,
I did write up a few more steps in the work-in-progress apnote on how
to divorce an Android phone from Google without rooting.

Here, for your edification, and for that of others who may be more
worthy, is the only on-topic response in this particular post that
has any value.

o Wipe out as much as you can on the Google servers:
https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity
o Update your Android phone to the latest system patches
o Set up an (encrypted?) external SD card to store your personal files (e.g., photos, calendars, passwords, contacts, etc.).
o Strive to install only Google-Services-Framework (GSF) independent apps whenever possible
o Set up a Google-free Internet-free cross-platform local calendaring system that imports/exports/merges iCalendar files.
- <https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro>
- <https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Calendar>
o Set up a Google-free Internet-free cross-platform local password system that imports/exports/merges kdbx files.
- <https://www.f-droid.org/forums/topic/keepass2android/>
- <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=keepass2android.keepass2android>
o Set up a Google-free Internet-free cross-platform local encryption system that encrypts/decrypts TrueCrypt container files.
http://sovworks.com/eds/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sovworks.eds.android
o Set up a Google-free Internet-free cross-platform local contacts system that imports/exports/merges VCF files.
- <https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.contacts.pro>
- <https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Contacts>
o Set up MTP over USB on Android so that you can pass these files seamlessly back & forth over USB on your local network.
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/5VKHlHQ8Myg/wyckp5ffCAAJ>
o Set up a WebDAV server on Android so that you can pass these files seamlessly back & forth over Wi-Fi on your local network.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theolivetree.webdavserver>

o Turn off Auto-sync data:
Settings > General > Accounts & sync > Auto-sync data = off

o Delete the Google account on the Android phone:

Settings > General > Accounts & sync > Accounts > (wipe it out)

o Set up 5 primary notification icons in this order:
Airplane, Location, Data, WiFi, Sound
o Swipe > Notification Panel > Turn off Bluetooth
o Swipe > Notification Panel > Turn off NFC
o Swipe > Notification Panel > Turn off Sync
o Install DNS encryption (e.g., 1.1.1.1)

o Install a set of privacy-based browsers using tor & vpn (i.e., a proxy).
o Tor Browser for Android (official strong tor implementation - supersedes orfox/orbot)
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.torbrowser_alpha>
o Opera VPN-enabled browser (automatically uses a VPN service)
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser>
o The Epic proxy /VPNbased implementation isn¡¦t yet on Android
o The Brave tor-based implementation isn¡¦t yet on Android
o The GSF-free DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.duckduckgo.mobile.android/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduckgo.mobile.android
o The GSF-free InBrowser ¡V Incognito Browsing browser
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nu.tommie.inbrowser
o Disable Chrome (it¡¦s the worst browser for privacy ever built, IMHO)
Settings > General > Apps > Chrome > Disable

o Install offline voice-to-text engine (Pixel only)
o Neutralize Google services
Settings > General > Google services

Ads > Opt out of Ads Personalization = on
Settings > General > Google services> Security > Google Play Protect

o When turning on Location, always set it to GPS only
o When turning on Location, DISAGREE to "Improve location accuracy?"
o Settings > General > Fingerprints & security > Unknown sources = on
o Deactivate "Phone administrators" you don't want:
Settings > General > Fingerprints & security > Phone administrators
o Supplement Google Play with F-Droid

https://f-droid.org/
o Replace Google Play with Aurora Store (access to Google Play sans an account)
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.dragons.aurora/
o Replace Gmail with K-9 Mail
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.fsck.k9/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9

o Settings > General > Developer options > Automatic system updates = on
o Install Internet-free Calendar app
o Install Internet-free password app
o Install Internet-free encrypted file app
o Install offline map app & map database
o Check app permissions (disable those you don't wish to grant)
Settings > General > Apps > (choose an app) > permissions
o Add a content lock in addition to a main PIN or fingerprint:
Settings > General > Fingerprints & security > Content Lock=(add passwd)

o Disable Backup by Google & LG & T-Mobile
Settings > General > Backup & reset > Collect diagnostics >
o Keep Google Maps (for traffic & emergencies) but install a good offline navigation app:
1. MapFactor GPS Navigation Maps, by MapFactor
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapfactor.navigator>
2. OSMAnd~
<https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus/>
3. CoPilot GPS - Navigation, by ALK Technologies
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alk.copilot.mapviewer>
4. Sygic, by Sygic maps navigation
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sygic.aura>
5. Navmii GPS USA (Navfree), by Navmii
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navfree.android.OSM.USA>
o Add an offline Google-free topographic map also if you hike a lot
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/zNKD3jyeye4/njtP-yzoAgAJ>
o Use AddressToGPS to ¡§scrape¡¨ the Google Map database for address lookups which pass directly to your offline map app
<https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.danielbarnett.addresstogps/> ?= Google periodically seems to kill this type of anonymous scraper
o Use NewPipe YouTube Clone to ¡§scrape¡¨ the Google Youtube database for ad-free youtube videos (you can subscribe anonymously, for example)
https://newpipe.schabi.org/ ?= Google periodically seems to kill this type of anonymous scraper
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/
o Some day, consider a custom ROM of Lineage OS & microG to completely divorce the phone from Google
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/E_ULJzPy2T8/x8LpkypRCwAJ>

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS which will DRASTICALL improve over time!

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arlen holder wrote:

> Google spying is very real indeed, which is cause for
> concern

Today everyone is "spying" on you. Your credit card company,
your bank, your governments (city, state, federal), your
stores, your insurance company, your doctors, etc. etc.
etc... With your level of paranoia it must really be a rough
life...

> I suspect you would find jokes valuable.

A pony got a cold and it made him a little horse.

Did you hear about what happened to eggs and bacon when they
tried a new place to eat? They were turned away because the
restaurant didn't serve breakfast... ;)

[Filip454]

W dniu 2019-04-22 o 18:33, arlen holder pisze:

> o The Epic proxy /VPNbased implementation isnĄŚt yet on Android
> o The Brave tor-based implementation isnĄŚt yet on Android

> o The GSF-free DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser
> https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.duckduckgo.mobile.android/
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduckgo.mobile.android

> o The GSF-free InBrowser ĄV Incognito Browsing browser
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nu.tommie.inbrowser
> o Disable Chrome (itĄŚs the worst browser for privacy ever built, IMHO)

> o Use AddressToGPS to Ą§scrapeĄ¨ the Google Map database for address lookups which pass directly to your offline map app

> <https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.danielbarnett.addresstogps/> ?= Google periodically seems to kill this type of anonymous scraper

> o Use NewPipe YouTube Clone to Ą§scrapeĄ¨ the Google Youtube database for ad-free youtube videos (you can subscribe anonymously, for example)

> https://newpipe.schabi.org/ ?= Google periodically seems to kill this type of anonymous scraper
> https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/
> o Some day, consider a custom ROM of Lineage OS & microG to completely divorce the phone from Google
> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/E_ULJzPy2T8/x8LpkypRCwAJ>
>
> THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS which will DRASTICALL improve over time!
>

Step no 99999: Finally ENJOY your life because it is, in fact, short.

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