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> Unlike a desktop PC, it knows where you are at all times A single web-API call can return an accurate geolocation based on IP address alone for the majority
by nacs 10y ago
> Unlike a desktop PC, it knows where you are at all times
A single web-API call can return an accurate geolocation based on IP address alone for the majority of users (there are a few exceptions like VPNs or a small subset of IPs where the location is not good). If the desktop has Wifi, then geolocation becomes even more accurate as you can use known Wifi SSIDs to cross-reference. If the user has set a time-zone for their clock, then again more accurate location data.
> Most of the collected data is, of course, benign. Just like the data collected by Windows 10.
Source? Have you been able to analyze all the data Windows data-collection/"telemetry" sends up to MS?