And read the TOS. I can't see how one can complain that a social GPS nav app shows their location. Duh.


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If it looks strange, or I used bad grammar or misspelled anything, it's my phone's fault.

If you're worried about the privacy of the location of your home simply shut Waze down before you get home. Generally, if you're within a mile of your home you already know about any traffic problems you're going to run into on your way home.

AlanOfTheBerg wrote:And read the TOS. I can't see how one can complain that a social GPS nav app shows their location. Duh.

+1

Furthermore you should turn off Waze whenever you stop driving to also protect our road data (apart from your privacy). When you are sitting in your house or a friend's house and keep Waze running, you will report your position with speed = 0 mph. This may initiate false traffic alerts and will reduce the average speed which Waze calculates for the road segment in front of the house.

So please protect yourself and others by turning Waze off when you don't use it. (Would you leave your car running when you're not driving?)

Gordonski

PS: Capital or bold letters don't necessarily render an argument true...

Simple solution: when you stop the car, turn off Waze. Your location will no longer be updated once you have done this. In addition, Waze never shows anyone else exactly where you are -- only where you were 3-5 minutes ago (thus, turning off Waze prevents your most recent location from being seen). As an added security measure, your drive data is not recorded for the first and last half-miles or so of your journeys.

For further privacy options, go to the main menu, then "My Waze", then "My Profile". Uncheck the "agree to be pinged" box at the bottom, then go to the "Privacy" menu just above that. Change "Show me as" to "Anonymous", then change all of the other options on that screen (FB & Twitter) to "Don't show".