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Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads

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1957 points apokryptein | 1 comments | 02 Feb 25 17:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.227s | source
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monlockandkey ◴[02 Feb 25 17:30 UTC] No.42910109[source]▶
How did were the apps able to collect geolocation even though location services were disabled?
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baggy_trough ◴[02 Feb 25 17:35 UTC] No.42910153[source]▶
Probably from IP address geolocation.
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1. abound ◴[02 Feb 25 18:02 UTC] No.42910371[source]▶
Indeed, the article notes that the lat/long wasn't "GPS exact", more like "postal code exact".