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This may or may not be true, but in a lot of cases where you need encryption, you also need not to have a GPS tracker on you while you're using it. You have (a

This may or may not be true, but in a lot of cases where you need encryption, you also need not to have a GPS tracker on you while you're using it. You have (at least slightly) more chance of being anonymous with a dedicated laptop computer than you have with any smartphone.

saagarjha 8y ago
Ignoring the recent LocationSmart revelations, if you disable location access you should basically have the same level of geospatial anonymity.
- e12e 8y ago
  There's a "herd immunity" component - if you're in a group of 10 000 people with GPS tracking on - your position might be possible to guess quite precisely based on meta data like IP, network latency etc - that can be compared across a large population.
- confounded 8y ago
  > Ignoring the recent LocationSmart revelations You can't, though; that's kind of the point.
- chatmasta 8y ago
  All somebody needs to find your location is a list of SSIDs and MAC addresses within range of you.