NitroKey disappoints me...
@martijnbraam If you have time, please read my questions to help an amateur to understand. 1) How did you conclude that Qualcomm do not collect the data they may collect (listed in the NitroKey article)?
2) How come that the phone connect to download A-GPS data directly when configuring the phone even with GPS turned off?
3) Your guess/knowledge about the connection to android.clients.google.com?
(I tried to open the web site http://izatcloud.net/, but it is not responding for the moment)
@hehemrin I've written scripts to fetch xtradata from this domain before for the pinephone modem. I tried to get one of my phones to make the request but they all have up-to-date gps data already.
The phone fetches the a-gps data asap because when you need a location you might not have a data connection or the qualcomm host is down. You kinda need location for emergency services calls.
From some other comments the google.com request is probably from their gapps replacement.
@martijnbraam So, if that is correct re the google.com request, it indicates it can be a mistake done by the /e/ OS developers?
@martijnbraam
Comment from Duval with link to blog from /e/ OS
https://mastodon.social/@gael/110266050880741770
@hehemrin I have no idea, I don't develop android ROMs, I just use the hardware.