← Back to context Comment by monlockandkey 10 months ago How did were the apps able to collect geolocation even though location services were disabled? 4 comments monlockandkey Reply 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.
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.
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.
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.