▲ 52 ▼ What's the worst privacy compromise that you are willing to admit you make? (sopuli.xyz) submitted 7 months ago by sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.world 82 comments fedilink hide all child comments I've got to make a decision and want to take a room temperature check on what sacrifices people find acceptable for their own comfort. Use any services you know you shouldn't? Any tools that you're just waiting for a chance to replace but can't yet?
[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz [S] 2 points 7 months ago* (6 children) Wait what's wrong with Waze and Tuta? The PayPal tie? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] djdarren@piefed.social 8 points 7 months ago (2 children) Waze is owned by Google. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz [S] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child) That.... is unexpected. Why would they make a competitor to their own product? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] djdarren@piefed.social 12 points 7 months ago They didn't. As far as I'm aware they bought the competition. Waze serves a slightly different purpose to Maps, being a friendlier face that's more of a driving GPS than Maps is. And while they don't really market it as a Google product, people will use it thinking it's a good alternative to using Google or Apple. permalink fedilink source parent [–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 4 points 7 months ago (2 children) Noooooo. Nothing is wrong with Tuta, they are awesome. The compromise is that PayPal knows that I subscribe to Tuta and BitWarden. As for Waze, it has been bought by Google a long time ago. If you have Android, you can restrict the location to "when the application is running," but it's still Google behind. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child) ohhhhh. I see. I guess that's still better than maps. Do you think it had use of all the same geography as Google maps then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago The geographical data was always good, and you can use it without an account. The algorithm itself has improved a lot. It used to be very bad in the past though, it would switch the route every five minute to gain a few seconds towards the destination, but they stopped doing that. CoMaps looks great, but it's still buggy and I don't know how to have some traffic data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] djdarren@piefed.social 8 points 7 months ago (2 children) Waze is owned by Google. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz [S] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child) That.... is unexpected. Why would they make a competitor to their own product? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] djdarren@piefed.social 12 points 7 months ago They didn't. As far as I'm aware they bought the competition. Waze serves a slightly different purpose to Maps, being a friendlier face that's more of a driving GPS than Maps is. And while they don't really market it as a Google product, people will use it thinking it's a good alternative to using Google or Apple. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz [S] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child) That.... is unexpected. Why would they make a competitor to their own product? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] djdarren@piefed.social 12 points 7 months ago They didn't. As far as I'm aware they bought the competition. Waze serves a slightly different purpose to Maps, being a friendlier face that's more of a driving GPS than Maps is. And while they don't really market it as a Google product, people will use it thinking it's a good alternative to using Google or Apple. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] djdarren@piefed.social 12 points 7 months ago They didn't. As far as I'm aware they bought the competition. Waze serves a slightly different purpose to Maps, being a friendlier face that's more of a driving GPS than Maps is. And while they don't really market it as a Google product, people will use it thinking it's a good alternative to using Google or Apple. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 4 points 7 months ago (2 children) Noooooo. Nothing is wrong with Tuta, they are awesome. The compromise is that PayPal knows that I subscribe to Tuta and BitWarden. As for Waze, it has been bought by Google a long time ago. If you have Android, you can restrict the location to "when the application is running," but it's still Google behind. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child) ohhhhh. I see. I guess that's still better than maps. Do you think it had use of all the same geography as Google maps then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago The geographical data was always good, and you can use it without an account. The algorithm itself has improved a lot. It used to be very bad in the past though, it would switch the route every five minute to gain a few seconds towards the destination, but they stopped doing that. CoMaps looks great, but it's still buggy and I don't know how to have some traffic data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child) ohhhhh. I see. I guess that's still better than maps. Do you think it had use of all the same geography as Google maps then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago The geographical data was always good, and you can use it without an account. The algorithm itself has improved a lot. It used to be very bad in the past though, it would switch the route every five minute to gain a few seconds towards the destination, but they stopped doing that. CoMaps looks great, but it's still buggy and I don't know how to have some traffic data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago The geographical data was always good, and you can use it without an account. The algorithm itself has improved a lot. It used to be very bad in the past though, it would switch the route every five minute to gain a few seconds towards the destination, but they stopped doing that. CoMaps looks great, but it's still buggy and I don't know how to have some traffic data. permalink fedilink source parent