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Regardless of where you are, as long as you have wi-fi on and there's a wi-fi router nearby, even in the absence of street view cars or anything like that, all
by LogEx 15y ago
Regardless of where you are, as long as you have wi-fi on and there's a wi-fi router nearby, even in the absence of street view cars or anything like that, all it takes is one person using a GPS-enabled device near you to geo-compromise your router (and in some cases, your wi-fi client devices). Apple, Google, and others use different databases, but if you are on a Mac, then any one person using GPS on iOS near your wi-fi access point has forever pinpointed it in Apple's databases, and when you use Mac OS X Location Services, it draws on Apple's MAC address-to-geolocation database. Similar for Android devices and Google. Or Microsoft devices and Windows.
- LogEx 15y agoTry this: turn off wi-fi on your computer and try again. This is why I only use wi-fi when necessary, and also generally keep Location Services turned off on every device I own, unless I specifically need location.