The MOST private MAP apps!

The big G Maps is by far the most downloaded navigation app in the US and for good reason.
Invading your privacy and surveilling you helps them provide better services. Their entire business model revolves around collecting huge amounts of information about you and selling it to advertisers.

What are some more private alternatives? We dive into map apps that help you reclaim your privacy!

00:00 MOST downloaded Map
00:39 G Maps
2:17 Apple Maps
5:13 OpenStreetMap
5:58 OsmAnd
8:34 Organic Maps
8:57 Summary

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Recommended Books:

Beginner's Introduction To Privacy - Naomi Brockwell

Permanent Record - Edward Snowden

What has the government done to our money - Rothbard

Extreme Privacy - Michael Bazzel (The best privacy book I've ever read)

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald

Some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy!

Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone)

Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred)

Camera tape (electrical tape is the best tape for covering phone and computer cameras)

USB-C to ethernet adapter:

Privacy Screens (use your phone and computer in public? Keep your information safe!)

Computer: (Search for the size right for your computer)

Phone: (Search for the size for your phone, decide whether you want glass or plastic!)

[SmallSpoonBrigade]

You should always have a paper map, preferably laminated or on rain resistant paper, when hiking. Having offline maps is helpful, but it doesn't help much if you're in a GPS deadzone, you run out of batteries or the phone is damaged.

[bradzimmer]

This is so true. Just last week, I was heading to a pizza shop to pick up some speciality flour, and about two days later, I received a message from Google asking that I rate my experience and food at that pizza place. I didn't even eat there. My privacy is irrelevant, but I'm not fond of this.

[JuliusCesar]

Openstreetmap has trails and ways in their routing, that dont exist in any other maps. I'm helping OSM width their map by adding Ways, Paths and other data. Everyone can do this.

[Digiu]

I was a user of OSMAnd for quite some time until I discovered Magic Earth, now this is my preferred map app....and it's privacy friendly too ! Tnx for the video...thumbs up !

[JS-jhcy]

Paper maps give you 100 percent personal privacy, minus any random spy satellite or drone overhead

[sa]

Some people probably don't realize you can still buy road atlases and state and city maps in bookstores. And those visitor centers at state borders often have maps in them.

[geoffreylotz]

Thank you, ma'am!
I am a 59 year-old non-geek and because of what I have already seen and experienced, and because of what I have learned from yourself and Rob Braxmann, I have recently loaded an S5 Galaxy with LineageOS and am taking my first tentative steps into a Google-free life.
Navigation is my big concern, especially as I am a recent immigrant into a Western European country from Southern Africa.
I have installed OSMAnd and now Organic Maps to see how well they perform. Tomorrow is the first test.
I don't need all the bells and whistles that GMaps offer, but I do need to get to where I need to go.
I do have 2 proper paper maps with me at all times as well as a small expedition Garmin GPS.
I should be ok.

[abelquiron]

Very good video. I like the description of Google Maps as "Digital Vampire". Thanks.

[aussietaipan]

Downloadable maps are perfect for me. Great for 4x4 driving in the high country. Thanks Naomi for presenting this.

[elihernandez]

I use a several years old version of waze as it's amazingly smooth and fast and doesn't make my phone heat up and drain battery like mad. Used to use an old version of maps until it self disabled and forced me to update. The update was so bad it made my phone heat up like a runaway reactor and shut off.

[natemarx]

Back-to-back uploads from Naomi is never a bad thing. 🙏

[donotneed]

I first learned how to use a map in high school using a topographical map which carried over into being a soldier. As an over-the-road driver 1991-2018 I used road maps in an atlas plus I have a collection of city maps. Plus I still recall how to get to places I went to pretty often.

[benoitcloutier]

Been using apple maps for years, right after the big fix. Love it!

[TruthSimplified.]

I just disabled Google Maps on my phone and bought OSMAND+. Thank you for the tip!

[lothean]

you know whats even better, real maps. how many people can read a real map and find their location using one. not many. one day knowing this might just be a life saver.

[HamiltonLLB]

Video recommended by YouTube…. Thank you! Was not disappointed.

Far too many people are happy to give data on their entire life.

[wombatdk]

The problem with OpenStreetMap is that it's useless in most rural areas. Missing streets, missing house numbers, missing everything. In large metropolitan areas it's better.

In general, I highly doubt any privacy statements of any company or place is trustworthy. If any government/law enforcement agency comes knocking, they all give your data away.

On top of that, cell providers also sell your location, complete with identity data. Some stores like Walmart also track each and every cellphone location within in their stores, and use various means to associate that with specific customers.

There is only one way to avoid getting tracked: Don't use cellphones of any kind, don't use computers, don't drive a car and pay for everything with cash. Even then, you're not completely in the clear due to the pervasive use of cameras in public spaces.

[palladini]

You have to remember, that Google is an advertising Company first and foremost.

[wtfomgok]

I always comment and like when Naomi talks about privacy =)

However, I lost many of my inherent skills by (ab)using such an app - any of them - for directions. Therefore, I realy enjoy finding the way on my own and ask people when I possibly get lost. Sure, you are faster than me most of the time - especially in unfamiliar places. But boy it is so satisfying to find the way on your own! Try it ;)

[GammaScorpio]

Woah, She dropped the ball in this one.
No Mention of Here Maps (here we go).
They allow you FULLY OFFLINE USE. No account needed.
Preloaded POIs and Here is former Nokia maps but also same as Navteq.
I like using them for Interstate travel, because you can DOWNLOAD OFFLINE whole states or even countries.