← Back to context Comment by monlockandkey 5 months ago How did were the apps able to collect geolocation even though location services were disabled? 4 comments monlockandkey Reply baggy_trough 5 months ago Probably from IP address geolocation. abound 5 months ago Indeed, the article notes that the lat/long wasn't "GPS exact", more like "postal code exact". xenic 5 months ago Doing that on the client side sounds pointless though, if you are already transmitting the ip. baggy_trough 5 months ago It might be for consistency between vendors.
baggy_trough 5 months ago Probably from IP address geolocation. abound 5 months ago Indeed, the article notes that the lat/long wasn't "GPS exact", more like "postal code exact". xenic 5 months ago Doing that on the client side sounds pointless though, if you are already transmitting the ip. baggy_trough 5 months ago It might be for consistency between vendors.
abound 5 months ago Indeed, the article notes that the lat/long wasn't "GPS exact", more like "postal code exact".
xenic 5 months ago Doing that on the client side sounds pointless though, if you are already transmitting the ip. baggy_trough 5 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.