beaconDB is a drop-in replacement for MLS, which uses the same format request thatโ€™s used by Mozillaโ€™s Ichnaea.

The source code is available on Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/beacondb/beacondb

You can contribute to the project by using an app like NeoStumbler (GitHub) or Tower Collector (GitHub) to submit location reports. NeoStumbler does Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GSM, while Tower Collector can only do GSM cell towers. Both are FOSS and available on F-Droid.

It is also recommended by the GrapheneOS project: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/112759509558471713

https://grapheneos.org/articles/positon-location-service

Just keep in mind that itโ€™s still in relatively early development, which is why it really needs contributions.

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It really is as private as it can be, and the developer is really dedicated to improve user privacy. Other solutions (SUPL, PSDS) arenโ€™t much better in terms of privacy. And itโ€™s definitely not a solution in search of a problem, as pure GNSS is really slow and consumes a lot of battery. You can try this out yourself if you use GrapheneOS, by going into the location settings and disabling both SUPL and PSDS. I tried it, and I can tell you that itโ€™s bad (in my opinion unusable).

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