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That's a good feature but quite different, if the user is at home when they need to use the app that first time then it reveals where the user lives and possibl

That's a good feature but quite different, if the user is at home when they need to use the app that first time then it reveals where the user lives and possibly personally identifies them.

nitrogen 7y ago
Your IP address when on WiFi almost certainly can be connected to a specific address by a databroker. That doesn't mean location shouldn't be limited in resolution, but there are other ways to get the same thing.
- gbear605 7y ago
  The ip address is also not going to be shared with apps anymore starting in iOS 13
  - ta8347 7y ago
    How? When an app makes an API request, the client IP address is (necessarily) exposed to the server.
    - gbear605 7y ago
      Oh, you’re right of course, I was misremembering that they won’t be able to get the ssids of nearby wifi networks. However, a vpn is a solution to the ip address problem.
- skrause 7y ago
  My ISP rotates IP addresses between users, so you can't match IPs to addresses. Quite often GeoIP doesn't even get my city right.
- Veen 7y ago
  Isn’t is usually SSIDs that are used for location mapping of WiFi access points. The mapping cars gather that information when they’re doing street view stuff.
- CaptainMarvel 7y ago
  There is a difference between sharing your IP address with a data broker to maybe get your location (which may not even be possible with GDPR?), and having your exact GPS coordinates sent directly to your database.