r/technology • u/_Dark_Wing • 4h ago

Privacy MapQuest's new tool can help you avoid Flock cameras

https://www.androidauthority.com/mapquest-flock-cameras-3724529/
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u/9-11GaveMe5G 4h ago

This is how you win back users from Google.

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u/SlapThatAce 4h ago

MapQuest is killing it! 

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u/Prophet6000 3h ago

Good stuff MapQuest. Drinking Eggnog and avoiding Flock Cameras for the holiday season.

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u/swattwenty 3h ago

Only map software I use now. Lake Ontario babyyyy

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u/mmiski 2h ago

Gulf of Mexico is intact as well.

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u/huggernot 4h ago

Except people report every camera as flock. Which, to be fair, is probably more accurate than not, at its core 

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u/Nago_Jolokio 2h ago

To be fair, Flock is primarily the software aggregator that can use any camera for input. 

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u/deadwalker318 3h ago

Mapquest beating google maps was not on my 2026 bingo card, but I fully embrace it

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u/borgenhaust 18m ago

They should make it a toggle labelled 'Flock off'

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u/Salt_Medicine2459 2h ago

Vela Maps does this too. 

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u/fat_kaiju 49m ago

Huuh.

There were so many people insisting they were just bandwagoning and how they aren't actually going to try and improve themselves.

Guess they really are trying, eh?

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u/C0ld_Fr0nt_ 2h ago

What if I want to find them to render them inoperable?

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u/siscorskiy 59m ago

is this only a feature on the ios app? im not seeing this on desktop or mobile

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u/Llama_of_the_bahamas 30m ago

That's cool, but can they work on their maps with regard to public transportation? Practically useless here in Chicago.

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u/Dear-Highway2425 30m ago

So can a sawzall....

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u/Dazzling_Meat1233 4h ago

Not really I installed it and used on Android auto .the functionality isn't there,.just on the phone

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u/aggressivemeatyogre 2h ago

I've been using it for months with android auto with no issue. Routes are fine and generally similar to Google maps.

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u/DeadMoneyDrew 1h ago

I couldn't get it to show up as an app in my Android auto when I tried it a couple of weeks ago. Guess I'll need to try it again.

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u/DeadlyNoodleAndAHalf 6m ago

I tried it for a couple of weeks until it gave me a wrong destination. To be fair, the customer said that the apps often mess up his address, but that day Google did not. My job is driving to people’s houses at a set appointment time so I can’t really afford for it to be wrong.

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u/TripSin_ 3h ago

I tried to switch to MapQuest, I really did, but gd it's so ass