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This is just one reason I don't grant random apps access to my location. Unless there's an obvious reason an app needs to know where I am, or a non-obvious reas

This is just one reason I don't grant random apps access to my location. Unless there's an obvious reason an app needs to know where I am, or a non-obvious reason is explained before I'm prompted (for example my bank recently added the ability to use my phone location to help detect credit card fraud), then you don't get my location.

tspike 9y ago
Keep in mind providing access to photos does the same via geotagging.
- rhizome 9y ago
  ...if you have geotagging turned on.
- djrogers 9y ago
  No, that’s a different thing from what the article is talking about. If you’re aware of an ad provider using geotag info to send real-time location data to it’s advertisers then you should probably write that up somewhere.
guelo 9y ago
Even if you don't grant location permission an app can still get location using geoIP at about a city-level.
- djrogers 9y ago
  Which has nothing to do with the article....
- dx034 9y ago
  That can work in some rural areas but good luck in cities like London. I just tested, all publicly available geolocation databases give me no granularity except London for my vodafone IP. My home broadband is a bit more accurate but it's still an area of ~200-300k people.