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Location Privacy - BETA on Windows Pc

Developed By: The Guardian Project

License: Free

Rating: 4,2/5 - 243 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 0.3.1
Size 1.4 MB
Release Date February 12, 23
Category Tools Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (1)]

What's New:
now with Tor support for getting location from webpages privately, and translated to Deutsch, español, français, norsk. [see more]

Description from Developer:
Just click on a link that points to a location, and LocationPrivacy will show up as one of the options. If you select it, then it will use the most private way possible to get the... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Location Privacy - BETA and install on Windows PC. Location Privacy - BETA is free Tools app, developed by The Guardian Project. Latest version of Location Privacy - BETA is 0.3.1, was released on 2023-02-12 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 50,000. Overall rating of Location Privacy - BETA is 4,2. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 243 users, 17 users had rated it 5*, 160 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Location Privacy - BETA on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Location Privacy - BETA on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Location Privacy - BETA on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Location Privacy - BETA using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Location Privacy - BETA" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Location Privacy - BETA on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Location Privacy - BETA" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

Discussion

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Just click on a link that points to a location, and LocationPrivacy will show up as one of the options. If you select it, then it will use the most private way possible to get the location from that link. It will then forward the location to the map app that you choose. LocationPrivacy is not really app but rather a set of "privacy filters" for all of the various ways of sharing location. When you click on a location link in one app, LocationPrivacy offers itself as an option. It then recognizes insecure methods of sharing location, and then converts them to the most private methods available. For many links, the location can be read without even going online. For others, LocationPrivacy reads the location from the webpage via Tor, so that it cannot be tracked to you. Whenever possible, the connection uses HTTPS.

OsmAnd is the recommended map app for private location because it works fully offline and we have audited it. LocationPrivacy will work with basically all map apps. LocationPrivacy can also serve as a way to redirect all location links to your favorite mapping app. All map apps in Android can view `geo:` URIs, and LocationPrivacy converts many kinds of links to `geo:` URIs, including: Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Amap, Baidu Map, QQ Map, Nokia HERE, Yandex Maps.

This is still a beta release of a new idea, if you have problems or ideas, please post them on our issue tracker so we can improve this app!
https://github.com/guardianproject/locationprivacy/issues

★ WE SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE: Location Privacy is available in: Deutsch, español, français, norsk. Don’t see your language? Join us and help translate the app:
https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/guardianproject/locationprivacy
https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/guardianproject/locationprivacy-metadata


***Learn More***

★ ABOUT US: Guardian Project is a group of developers that make secure mobile apps and open-source code for a better tomorrow
★ OUR WEBSITE: https://GuardianProject.info
★ ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/guardianproject
★ FREE SOFTWARE: LocationPrivacy is free software. You can take a look at our source code, or contribute to help make LocationPrivacy even better:
https://github.com/guardianproject/LocationPrivacy
★ MESSAGE US: Are we missing your favorite feature? Found an annoying bug? Please tell us! We’d love to hear from you. Send us an email: support@guardianproject.info or find us in our chat room https://guardianproject.info/contact
now with Tor support for getting location from webpages privately, and translated to Deutsch, español, français, norsk.
Allows applications to open network sockets.