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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: 0.235s | source
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simonw ◴[02 Feb 25 21:19 UTC] No.42911941[source]▶
Anyone understand why an apparently accurate latitude/longitude showed up in one of those traces despite location services not being enabled for the app in question?
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1. ec109685 ◴[02 Feb 25 21:23 UTC] No.42911991[source]▶
A previous request maybe mapped their IP back to the geo, and that data was used subsequently, maybe?