Comment by anon7000
5 months ago
Eh. Zip code level location + timestamp is still pretty invasive, even if, pedantically, that’s not very precise.
We should compare if there a differences in the data sent in countries with better data privacy laws.
5 months ago
Eh. Zip code level location + timestamp is still pretty invasive, even if, pedantically, that’s not very precise.
We should compare if there a differences in the data sent in countries with better data privacy laws.
"Precise" has a specific meaning for iOS Location Services and this ain't it. Presumably it's just doing IP geolocation which could be the same post code, or it could be the wrong city entirely. I'd expect it to be much worse on LTE than WiFi.
>Eh. Zip code level location + timestamp is still pretty invasive, even if, pedantically, that’s not very precise.
That's basically sent to multiple parties (ISPs, transit providers, CDNs, analytics/advertising/diagnostics/security vendors) everytime you visit a website. If this counts as "invasive" to you, you shouldn't be connected to the internet at all, much less buying a tracking device (a smartphone) and installing random ad-supported apps on it.