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OsmAnd mentions (120)

• Bridges in the US are threaten by truck drivers relying on GPS meant for cars

  > Google maps and Waze does not allow for setting vehicle height As a side note, OsmAnd supports setting vehicle height* and has support for multiple vehicles/routing profiles: https://osmand.net *: and weight, width, and length. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Organic Maps is a free Android and iOS offline maps app for travelers

  How does it compare to OsmAnd? https://osmand.net. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• "I'm in this picture and I don't like it"

  OsmAnd works for me. I am looking to get off Google, so I try to retire anything that is not on F-Droid. OsmAnd is a independent project ( osmand.net ) that uses the data you can also access under www.openstreetmap.org . The App is not perfect and sometimes it calls for the wrong action, for example when a road is just taking a steep turn it might ask for you to turn onto a different road which is actually the... Source: 7 months ago

• WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight

  When I am on a flight and the flight does not provide the flight information, I am using the OsmAnd, https://osmand.net/, to monitor the flight altitude, speed and direction. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Improving your online privacy: An update

  Regarding usage of OpenStreetMap over Google Maps - assuming we're talking mobile usage - you might give OSMAnd[0] a try. I've been using it exclusively on a Pixel loaded with GrapheneOS for a few months now. I would never consider going back to GMaps and I don't feel that I've lost anything either. [0] - https://osmand.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

Taler mentions (11)

• Bitcoin phisical bearer instrument using NFC JavaCards

  > Moving to a cashless society has some real drawbacks when it comes to privacy and freedom. As I understand it, the people developing GNU Taler, are trying to solve this problem and have come up with a promising system. https://taler.net/en/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• ELI5: Why did crypto (in general) plummet in the past year?

  GNU Taler is an example of the third possibility. If Bitcoin is "digital gold," Taler is digital banknotes. Source: over 1 year ago

• Cash must be king, Italy PM Giorgia Meloni tells shoppers

  You should check out GNU Taler[1]. Literally attempting to solve this problem. [1]: https://taler.net/en/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Big U.S. Banks Are Stiffing Account Takeover Victims

  Beyond 2FA, some type of chaumian cash like https://taler.net/en/ might help too. But the problem is really downgrade attacks. There are multiple payment systems (bank wire, check, credit card ) and if there is one insecure way to make payments, then the whole system is broken. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• FOSS alternatives to Venmo or CashApp?

  GNU Taler comes to mind but the adoption is not there. Source: almost 2 years ago