When you enable Find My Device, your device participates in a crowdsourced network that collects location data from various Android devices. This means that your device will not only send its own location information but also receive and process location data from other devices in the network.

While Google claims that this data is anonymized and encrypted, there remains a risk that sensitive information could be exposed if security measures fail or if the data is accessed by unauthorized parties.

In other words, there are significant privacy implications as far as I’m concerned.

Thanks for the reply, aside from not getting much interest in this post I really appreciate the two open source apps you’ve suggested on Fdroid.

I use Island currently, but it’s outdated now, and Shelter seems like the way to go. I also didn’t know about the contacts app that you suggested, but I will check it out for sure. Cheers again.

Thanks for this, what a great app!

I love this app. I’ve been using it for at least a year now. It’s my number one app on my phone for music without ads, a Spotify replacement of sorts.

However, it does have moments where it cycles endlessly on a search result, possibly due to an issue with YouTube’s API. Sometimes, if I’m away from my phone, I find it stuck in a searching pattern. All-round, it’s an awesome replacement for Spotify.

I’m all for privacy, but I’m not all for using the comment section to talk about abortion rights. Sure there is some overlap, but the comment section here seems to show the ease of which the human psyche can get distracted, these tangential bickerings are the reason big data is so effortlessly steam rolling us.

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Have you considered using a sandbox app such as Insular which is available on F-droid or Shelter.

Shelter creates a work profile, isolating apps installed in this profile from the mainland. Shelter has the advantage of supporting per-site data isolation with Android 13, which achieves the same goal as sandboxing.

You can isolate entirely your contacts from being seen by other apps if set up correctly. Furthermore, Shelter allows for a VPN only for the work profile, which is a useful feature for enhancing privacy.

I have used an app called island in the past, but sadly it’s been discontinued,it was great as it allowed a VPN both outside and inside the sandbox.

It’s great, I’m not sure if it can be tweeked like the FUTO speech to text app but it’s fast. I have had it miss a couple of words but that may have just been coincidence.

It is for me (android, iceraven browser) and I don’t get any text after the heading.

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The FTC says the easiest way to comply is to ~not collect the data in the first place.~meet us behind the Apex building in Washington DC with the G’s

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This one of my most used apps at the moment, it works 100% on your device and is great for filling in search terms, for AI prompts , messages etc. The only downside is that it seems to have a character limit so it may not be what OP is looking for.

I’m not ignoring my friends; I’m just pointing out that due to the convenience of these apps, the people around me use them without seeming to care about their privacy implications.

I guess you are right, for me I just try to avoid all Google links and products in the first place. I understand that you can tweak privacy controls and settings that allow you to manage how your data with Google is collected, I could also use a privacy browser or incognito, but my main issue is not giving any of these juggernaut corporations a chance to swing and cash in on my personal data.

The problem for me is when someone sends me a location pin it is almost always a Google map link. I have the same issue with people in my community using whatsapp.

Really, can you elaborate? It’s open source, it’s free what’s there not to like?

Awesome reply and thanks for your time doing this. 👍🏼

Works for me also, I think it’s one of the best pieces of software to come out in a while.