It turns out you can get a location just by scanning nearby wifi and cell tower signals!

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[–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Just so long as BeaconDB can keep its data relatively up-to-date (which requires many users contributing via running another FOSS app in the background on their phones), never mind trusting them any more than Google.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I tried it in my city, geolocation accuracy is really good. MicroG also uses BeaconDB, so they collect a lot of data.

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