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You don't even need to go off the grid to "opt out". Unless you granted location permissions to those apps, all the "locations" that the apps are sending are mo
by gruez 2y ago
You don't even need to go off the grid to "opt out". Unless you granted location permissions to those apps, all the "locations" that the apps are sending are most certainly from geoip databases. That's technically a "location", but not what most people would think of when you say "everyone knows your location". Denying location permissions to random flashlight apps, disabling cross-app identifiers in ios/Android, and using a VPN will provide the same amount of anonymity.
- azinman2 2y agoI would never trust a public VPN personally.
- gruez 2y agoIt's either using a VPN, or having your real (ISP) IP address exposed. Self-hosting your VPN is actually worse, because you still are tunneling your traffic through a third party that could be monitoring it, and unlike with a public VPN you can't blend with other users.