Comment by monlockandkey 2 years ago How did were the apps able to collect geolocation even though location services were disabled? 4 comments monlockandkey Reply baggy_trough 2 years ago Probably from IP address geolocation. abound 2 years ago Indeed, the article notes that the lat/long wasn't "GPS exact", more like "postal code exact". xenic 2 years ago Doing that on the client side sounds pointless though, if you are already transmitting the ip. baggy_trough 2 years ago It might be for consistency between vendors.
baggy_trough 2 years ago Probably from IP address geolocation. abound 2 years ago Indeed, the article notes that the lat/long wasn't "GPS exact", more like "postal code exact". xenic 2 years ago Doing that on the client side sounds pointless though, if you are already transmitting the ip. baggy_trough 2 years ago It might be for consistency between vendors.
abound 2 years ago Indeed, the article notes that the lat/long wasn't "GPS exact", more like "postal code exact".
xenic 2 years ago Doing that on the client side sounds pointless though, if you are already transmitting the ip. baggy_trough 2 years 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.