The complaint above was about login screens "knowing" about people's locations. When you log in to a service (eg. Google), the device doesn't "silently" commun

The complaint above was about login screens "knowing" about people's locations. When you log in to a service (eg. Google), the device doesn't "silently" communicate with the servers, you asked it to. It sends a request with credentials, as it should. That request naturally comes with an IP address, which can be mapped to a rough location with no further information by the client.