Restore sharing and friends WITHOUT VERIFICATION.

My friends don't need me to "verify" with waze

ABSURD

And WITHOUT number "confirmation" (google harvesting)

Integrate with Xmpp Texting. Search for base JID.

No one I know uses sms texting.

I refuse to use "social" voyeurism data mining sites, too.

I want a idontusesms account activation option

Sms is ludicrously expensive especially as now IMS routed.

There is a high ranked suggestion here for

Xmpp Texting

That's a RespectMYprivacy social option would endorse

Take this one step further and allow searches by USERNAME.

I don't want my information slaved to your facebook! I don't use facebook for a reason: dignity whoring is never acceptable.

android: XPrivacy or DonkeyGuard

If you are concerned with privacy as you claim you ought rethink how facebook/twitter/skype function- and the less apparent costS.

This seed of EVIL has taken root in "upgraded" versions.

"thanks" (not)

I agree. I don't use Facebook, and I would love to be able to add people not in my personal contacts, or from Twitter.

To be able to access Twitter friends/connections from Waze. Currently Waze only offers Facebook or personal phone connections.

This was not completed! Moto x does not show any option to avoid the phone # crap.

I completely agree. Then, you could send the SMS with 2 or 3 "clicks" (by the way the name of my wife was in a list right there, I just had to select her name and press "send"). That was a great system. Now, it's terrible and dangerous

The changes made are Google inspired privacy issues. This will be the downfall, which Google may intend. I look forward to someone else doing this who won't sell out. Open street maps + amazon ec2 = it could happen

@John Ostrowick : You still can do that in the new version. Just follow the "almost hidden" link on the bottom of the page when you go in "Send Location". You have "More sending option".

I preferred the previous arrangement where you could share your drive with ANYONE, via SMS/iMessage, instead of them having to actually be signed in to waze at the time. Now, idiotically, I can't tell my wife how long I'm going to take to get home... why? Because she's not got waze open, signed in, and her life history and private data sold with her soul to you... Lame. Please fix.

Btw, I wanted the "not putting in the phone number" thing.

I, 100% agree with this idea. Most games and apps don't require a social or email account to add friends for free. Why can't that happen to Waze? A similar app called Moovit has the same thing and I hate it. Adding to that, I don't want to put my phone number up so that I can go on the friends list. It'll be like identity theft.I just want it to happen.

I think i'm not the only one thinking about that. Why everytime applications ask for your private datas. As Waze is a very useful app, it should be open for everyone. Therefore, it would be only a possibility to add friend by phone number, contact list, Facebook or twitter and not an obligation. For those you don't want to give the phone number or something else, it would be great to add someone by the login account or a nickname like in Skype. You ask for a login and Nickname, why don't you use it ?

It would be great. Why can't we simply add a friend by the waze login of the account instead of using social network or phone number (that give access to your contact list => private life problem)

Agree