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		monlockandkey 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down... How did were the apps able to collect geolocation even though location services were disabled?

baggy_trough 10 months ago [–]

Probably from IP address geolocation.

abound 10 months ago | | [–]

Indeed, the article notes that the lat/long wasn't "GPS exact", more like "postal code exact".

xenic 10 months ago | | [–]

Doing that on the client side sounds pointless though, if you are already transmitting the ip.

baggy_trough 10 months ago | | [–]

It might be for consistency between vendors.

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