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Geo IP is a reasonable last resort; it'll usually show at least what city you're in. The images you upload may have location data on them. If you're using a w
by dleslie 8y ago
Geo IP is a reasonable last resort; it'll usually show at least what city you're in.
The images you upload may have location data on them.
If you're using a wireless hotspot then your location is correlated to anyone who also used it while sharing GPS data.
And so on.
- raspasov 8y ago"If you're using a wireless hotspot then your location is correlated to anyone who also used it while sharing GPS data." That's a clever one I hadn't thought about. I guess for a service like Facebook/Instagram/Google it can work decently well given the scale/adoption.
- chrischen 8y agoThat's in fact how your GPS works most of the time. They triangulate it based on a scan of SSIDs assuming access points are usually fixed. Both Apple and Google use this method.