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Waze Issues Reports

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  Neel (@neelshah545) reported 2 minutes ago

  @MapmyIndia @narendramodi Make ui smooth no lag and make app ui simple not overlays . Try to copy from apple maps or waze or if copyright issue arise try to use ui of Chinese maps

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  Isisí (?) (@luisuxanz) reported 3 minutes ago

  @BowTiedPassport Trusting the Waze ETA is the ultimate error in CDMX

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  Red Rocket Ruckert 🚀 (@silverspoonfed) reported 6 minutes ago

  The issue with Waze is that they try too hard

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  Ben (@ben_toto23) reported 7 minutes ago

  @TheHauskarl I agree 100%. Early 2025 this got very real for me. It emerged that the UK government had secretly served Apple with a Technical Capability Notice under the Investigatory Powers Act, demanding access to end to end encrypted iCloud data. Apple's response? They didn't weaken the system for everyone. Instead they pulled Advanced Data Protection, their best iCloud encryption option, for UK users. What really stuck with me wasn't just the demand. It was the secrecy. These notices come with a legal gag order. Companies aren't allowed to tell anyone they've received one. The only reason any of us know is that the story leaked to the press. Apple itself was never allowed to confirm it. Only Apple was named in the initial reports, with zero confirmation either way about Google or others. By design that silence tells you nothing. You're simply not meant to know this is happening. (see below for link to articles). That's when the alarm bells really rang for me. I've since built my own private setup. A Raspberry Pi handles my encrypted offsite backups. My phone runs GrapheneOS. My ThinkPad runs Debian. This fully replaced Google Drive and iCloud. The same principle applies to software. LibreOffice does everything I used to need Microsoft 365 for, free, private, and with nothing phoning home. For most paid tools solid open source alternatives exist if you look. For cheap offsite backups: Hetzner Storage Boxes, 1 TB for around 3.20 euros per month plus VAT, 5 TB for around 11.40 euros per month. Excellent value. Add Infomaniak (Swiss) as a second target. It sits outside the EU and UK entirely. For phone backups I use Syncthing on GrapheneOS. It syncs documents and photos directly to my Pi over my own private network, no third party accounts involved. The files stay on hardware I control. On the phone I also switched to Organic Maps (ditching Google Maps/Waze). You lose live traffic but I would rather keep my location data to myself. My documents and photos live on my own devices and back up to storage I fully control. Nothing important sits on services I can't inspect. The bigger issue is the devices themselves. Anything that phones home is a hard no for me. Firesticks, voice speakers, smart home gadgets and so on. They are designed to send data back constantly, often without clear visibility. Fitbit stands out because it is owned by Google. Every step, heartbeat and sleep record goes straight to them. Fun fact: Fitbit data has already been used as evidence in court cases. The same privacy logic applies to GrapheneOS on my phone. If a device can't be trusted to stay quiet it gets replaced. With digital ID and age verification rolling out fast, now is a good time to audit what you're storing where, what devices you're bringing into your home, and what data you're feeding into cloud based AI tools. My rule of thumb: Whenever something digital feels too convenient, ask yourself: what is this really going to cost me?

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  Mark Phillips (@iMarkPhillips) reported 8 minutes ago

  @waze You're suggesting that as only some the messages are spoken and others not that its a 'cache' problem????

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  Brittney🥪 (@kurizmatik) reported 10 minutes ago

  @JEllulz I liked when I was working in Los Angeles and Waze introduced the no unprotected left hand turns feature.

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  Narr Trek (@narrtrek) reported 10 minutes ago

  @JackLinFLL Just to check if it was working I used @waze to remind me if my attaché case was in the back seat.

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  Dmitry Lyalin (@LyalinDotCom) reported 18 minutes ago

  Just sent a detailed bug report to a director in Waze on a very odd map issue here in Florida. He was extremely excited to dive into this with me. People like this make all the difference in a big company.

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  coco the pailot (@pailot_the_coco) reported 19 minutes ago

  @waze FIX APPLE CAR!!!!

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  Wayne Kennedy (@lilwaynekennedy) reported 23 minutes ago

  This is the exact thing I've been saying. These ******* clowns don't speak English, have no idea where they are going and will cross five lanes of traffic last minute to hit an exit because their Waze is slow. I've seen mother ******* backing up on DVP exits. @OPP_HSD

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  casungo (@casungo) reported 24 minutes ago

  @ardeiusmaleus @catgirlprostate np! if you want to see how they mapped it you can go to the Waze Map Editor, login, and if you go near a part of the map not part of your current environment it will prompt you to switch. eventually I think they will merge everything but idk

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  Lauran™ (@lauranruddy) reported 26 minutes ago

  @NYSDOTHV Any update on when this will reopen? Also, are you going to fix the signs stating that it's closed? And maybe alert @waze that it's still closed? They routed me there the other day and wah wah, still closed. Thanks.

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  Jizas MacStina (@Tshepo_McStina1) reported 27 minutes ago

  @KayMatthews_10 @LimChronicle Problem is some see cops and assume waze will automatically know

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  Sef Kombo (@SefKombo) reported 27 minutes ago

  .@Waze please add option for a broken down vehicle

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  Women Love Each Other (@mbathambali493) reported 29 minutes ago

  @Angelinahhhhhh I will not be working on this part of my personality. In fact I need to sharpen my level of judgment for people who accept invites to that podcast. WTF was the fave thinking? Waze wangibora uNono 🙄