Comment by monlockandkey 1 year ago How did were the apps able to collect geolocation even though location services were disabled? 4 comments monlockandkey Reply baggy_trough 1 year ago Probably from IP address geolocation. abound 1 year ago Indeed, the article notes that the lat/long wasn't "GPS exact", more like "postal code exact". xenic 1 year ago Doing that on the client side sounds pointless though, if you are already transmitting the ip. baggy_trough 1 year ago It might be for consistency between vendors.
baggy_trough 1 year ago Probably from IP address geolocation. abound 1 year ago Indeed, the article notes that the lat/long wasn't "GPS exact", more like "postal code exact". xenic 1 year ago Doing that on the client side sounds pointless though, if you are already transmitting the ip. baggy_trough 1 year ago It might be for consistency between vendors.
abound 1 year ago Indeed, the article notes that the lat/long wasn't "GPS exact", more like "postal code exact".
xenic 1 year ago Doing that on the client side sounds pointless though, if you are already transmitting the ip. baggy_trough 1 year ago It might be for consistency between vendors.
Probably from IP address geolocation.
Indeed, the article notes that the lat/long wasn't "GPS exact", more like "postal code exact".
Doing that on the client side sounds pointless though, if you are already transmitting the ip.
It might be for consistency between vendors.