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Private correspondence should be private! Choose a privacy respecting e-Mail service, Contacts and Calendar, Maps and Navigation.

In case you didn‘t know, YouTube is owned by Google and thus integrates perfectly in Google‘s huge data collection of its users. So what can you do if you don‘t want that? More…

Every time you open Google Maps or Apple Maps, the apps track your location and build a profile of your habits.

Google Maps records your precise location data continuously, saves your search history and the places you visit and uses this data to target you with location-based advertising. Google also shares aggregated data with third parties and creates a “Location Timeline” of everywhere you’ve been.

Apple Maps, while claiming to be more privacy-focused, still collects location data and search queries, though they state this data is processed on-device when possible and not linked to your Apple ID.

Navigation is a necessary feature in our modern lives and the good news is that there are privacy-respecting alternatives that provide excellent navigation capabilities without invasive tracking. Let’s explore some of these alternatives.