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deep_attention | 8 years ago | on: How to Live Without Google

For car navigation I use HERE WeGo (traffic info), never looked back. On foot/bike openstreetmap is the best.

deep_attention | 9 years ago | on: Effectively Using Android Without Google Play Services with Gplayweb in Docker

A lot less then Google Maps actually ;-) Just compare permissions view details under https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and... and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.here.app.m....

Permission Google Maps has in addition to HERE WeGo:

[Device & app history] retrieve running apps

[Identity] add or remove accounts

[Contacts] modify your contacts

[Phone] directly call phone numbers [Phone] write call log

[Microphone] record audio

[Other] download files without notification

[Other] view configured accounts*

[Other] send sticky broadcast

[Other] disable your screen lock

[Other] measure app storage space

[Other] control Near Field Communication

[Other] read sync settings

[Other] run at startup

[Other] use accounts on the device

[Other] toggle sync on and off

[Other] read Google service configuration

Permission HERE WeGo has in addition to Google Maps:

[Identity] read your own contact card

[SMS] send SMS messages

[Other] pair with Bluetooth devices

[Other] access Bluetooth settings

[Other] change network connectivity

[Other] uninstall shortcuts

deep_attention | 9 years ago | on: Effectively Using Android Without Google Play Services with Gplayweb in Docker

HERE WeGo (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.here.app.m...) is a good alternative to Google Maps. Does not need Google Services installed and you can download the maps to your device, even to an external sd card.

deep_attention | 9 years ago | on: Effectively Using Android Without Google Play Services with Gplayweb in Docker

Or you can just install Yalp Store from F-Droid (https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.github.yerio...) and download the apps from the Google Play Store directly to your device. You can also easily update your apps with Yalp Store.

Another possibility is to use the Java software Raccoon on your Desktop, available here: http://raccoon.onyxbits.de/

deep_attention | 9 years ago | on: pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution

http://www.ipfire.org/ is Linux based.

deep_attention | 9 years ago | on: Privacy is Power: Why the fight for privacy matters

How about https://ring.cx/, based on peer-to-peer discovery and connection?

deep_attention | 9 years ago | on: More Than 1M Google Accounts Breached by Gooligan

Then I would suggest Neo900 https://neo900.org/ . Good presentation about the concept: https://neo900.org/stuff/cccamp15/ccc2015talk/talk.pdf

deep_attention | 9 years ago | on: More Than 1M Google Accounts Breached by Gooligan

I am using "Here WeGo" https://here.com/ (originally developed by Nokia), quite a good alternative to Google Maps. It does not need any Google services installed. Downloaded it directly from the Google Play store with Raccoon.

deep_attention | 9 years ago | on: More Than 1M Google Accounts Breached by Gooligan

You can use Raccon http://www.onyxbits.de/raccoon : "Download apps directly from Google Play. Raccoon is the only APK Downloader that also supports paid and large apps."

deep_attention | 9 years ago | on: Mission Improbable: Hardening Android for Security and Privacy

I find this project interesting: https://neo900.org/ Everything will be open-source, apart from the modem. But they do disconnect the modem from any direct input like audio. Have a look at this presentation: https://neo900.org/stuff/cccamp15/ccc2015talk/talk.pdf

deep_attention | 9 years ago | on: Mission Improbable: Hardening Android for Security and Privacy

You can use a firewall like AFWall+ to deny every app internet by default.

deep_attention | 9 years ago | on: Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+A

Are there any good alternatives to Transmission on OS X?

deep_attention | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: Trying to remember name of startup that did named entity recognition

There does exist a music discovery app on ios named Discovr.

deep_attention | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: If you could restart your current project, what would you do different?

Same experience here. Prototyping in Python remains faster. The possibility to inspect variables on the go in a notebook are an invaluable feature of this programming language. Afterwards you can always implement the time critical components in Go.

deep_attention | 10 years ago | on: Is there any evidence that, in the long run, startups are net job generators?

Would a minimum wage push the startups to replace their workforce?

deep_attention | 10 years ago | on: Is there any evidence that, in the long run, startups are net job generators?

Why steel workers? I find it difficult to imagine that startups would "disrupt" heavy industries like steel production.