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> then allow the user to state where they're interested in this. Which is precisely what is happening here. We do not let computers decide whether the purpose
by scrollaway 10y ago
> then allow the user to state where they're interested in this.
Which is precisely what is happening here.
We do not let computers decide whether the purpose is nefarious or good.
- dredmorbius 10y agoNo it's not. If I'm actively engaging in something, and there's the option to specify (note: not be interrupted by a pop-up) for location, manually input, that's within the realm of acceptability. Though it's distantly possible I might have no idea of my location within, say, a 1km resolution at a point in time, that is an exceptionally distant and rare likelihood for me. And I've no interest in leaving a set of high-time-resolution location tracking datapoints across a slew of data repositories and "information partners".
- scrollaway 10y ago> that is an exceptionally distant and rare likelihood for me Congratulations on not getting out much? Please remember you're not everybody. For a lot of people, websites being able to ask for a location is a useful feature. Keyword: ask. They're not just getting it, they're asking. If you don't want to "leave a set of high-time-resolution location tracking datapoints across a slew of data repositories", you can click no, just as I do almost all the time, except when it's useful. Because it's useful.
- dredmorbius 10y agoHow, specifically, is the OC Weekly having access to your GPS / ICBM coordinates useful to you? As for my generally excellent sense of geographic location, I make no apologies.
- scrollaway 10y agoThere are other websites. If your beef is with one website, take it up with the website.
- dredmorbius 10y agoYou're dodging the question.
- diminoten 10y agoYour question was a bad one.