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Comment by baggy_trough

5 months ago

Probably from IP address geolocation.

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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.

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