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by balibebas 2763 days ago
If you're on Android it's possible to completely block the GPS daemon from phoning home, usually to 1e100.net based on my observation. To do this you can install an app called NetGuard from F-Droid and enable service blocking. This app is non-root, and it uses a local VPN to provide an almost impenetrable firewall. Google's GPS daemon hides itself under a process called "1021" block that and enable notifications and see the connection attempts every few minutes to 1e100.net getting blocked—you don't even need to have any Google services enabled to see the connection attempts occurring.