I really shouldn't be astonished, but I am 😵.

This is, of course, utter abuse of user data, but what's even worse is that Google allows this.

#Conversations was taken off Google Play, and forced to remove its contacts linking feature for #privacy reasons, despite the fact that no contact data was ever uploaded to any servers, yet #Citymapper is allowed to share highly sensitive precise location data with third parties for the sake of #profit?!

🤬 Goodbye Citymapper!!

Thankfully we're not exactly short of #opensource alternatives: I love how #Öffi displays the timetables, but we also have #Transportr and KDE's #KTrip (which not only works on Android but also on #mobilelinux).

#privacymatters #publictransport #surveillancecapitalism #foss
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social

Screenshot of Android warning about Citymapper's new abuse of user location data. It reads "Citymapper. Your location data is now shared with third parties for advertising or marketing".
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

@aerion @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social

To add to the list: I just came across @bimba, which doesn't work on my crappy device*, but their attitude seems solidly in the right place!

https://bimba.app/

* EDIT: it does work, it was probably my own fault.

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