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Warning: all photos shot by Apple iPhone SE in your gist have GPS info. So.. yeah, this post may expose your location better than this device.

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• mdp2021 4y ago
  Hint that suggests a "world" where people keep the GPS connection on as standard practice. Which is perplexing on so many levels, not last that the GPS is one of the most energy costly services I know - consideration relevant between impact on battery life and general "keeping the lights on and the engine running when away".
  • thrdbndndn 4y ago
    They mostly don't really use actual GPS. Instead they use AGPS [1] tech that uses nearby hotspots, cellar signal triangulation etc. to get your location. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GNSS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GNSS
    • mdp2021 4y ago
      And can you disable it when unneeded (i.e. "99%" of the time) - like you would with GPS (not only because of consumption)? According to the provided page, Assisted GNSS only works through an Internet connection - to connect to servers that provide cached GPS data. Triangulation comes from other technologies.