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Is there a European alternative to Apple FindMy or GoogleMaps location tracking that allows you to share your location with each other?

I would be very grateful for any tips.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Element (Matrix) supports location sharing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Just a heads-up: you marked your post “Deutsch” so only the users who have selected “Deutsch” in their account settings can see your post.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@[email protected] I tried to label the comment above as Deutsch to make sure they would see it, but couldn't x)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ah crap I didn't realize they might not see "undetermined" comments! thanks Blaze!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just a heads-up: you marked your post "Deutsch" so only the users who have selected "Deutsch" in their account settings can see your post.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There are plenty selfhosted alternatives, where your location-data can be stored and shared on/from your own hardware, like Hauk: https://github.com/bilde2910/Hauk .

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Some things Apple FindMy does was solved by KDE Connect for me. Not sure about a Location Sharing service.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I run Home Assistant in my house and it tracks my location and my wife's.

Besides that one can use Telegram but the opinion of Telegram changes more than the weather.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

the opinion of Telegram changes more than the weather.

Russian-owned, with no end-to-end encryption by default.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Owned by Russian dissidents who have long since left Russia. Most of the data centers are in the Netherlands, near the AMS-IX.

It's true that you'd have to start a secret chat in order to be end-to-end encrypted and this is a huge design flaw.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Owned by Russian dissidents who have long since left Russia

and by the CEO, who despite his supposed exile somehow kept flying in and out of Russia multiple times over the years