For anyone else confused: in this case NLP stands for “Network location provider,” not “natural language processing”
Isn’t this only Google Maps though?
nope, it’s actually used system wide for many things, mostly low power geolocation, apple has it’s own NLP system, and there’s actually a few privacy respecting ones which you can use if you have a rooted phone (Mozilla NLP/DejaVu NLP, with the latter being offline and relying on a database made by itself using the data from a time you had both GPS and wifi active)
Shiiiiiit. I’ve never heard of NLP. How can I check which one my phone uses?
Do you think this one is privacy respecting?
Local NLP Backend (Location provider for UnifiedNlp and microG using only local data.) https://f-droid.org/packages/helium314.localbackend/
As usual, I subscribed for the giggles and I keep getting dragged into unsolicited rabbit holes of useful knowledge. Thanks for being an awesome community
