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I live in a rural area, so was surprised to see that there was already a marker where I live. And even more surprised to see that it indicated it was me. Am I
by codingdave 1y ago
I live in a rural area, so was surprised to see that there was already a marker where I live. And even more surprised to see that it indicated it was me.
Am I interpreting that correctly that there is no opt-in to having our location mapped when we hit the page? Just loading it publishes our location? Because if so, this is sketchy. Even anonymized, and even if my location is off by 7 miles from where I really am sitting, that is not far off for rural USA. This feels like a bit of a privacy violation.
- zhoujianfu 1y agoAh, thanks for the feedback… I’n just using a geo IP lookup by peoples IP for the first “very rough” location, but I hadn’t considered that even a 7 mile radius can not be very anonymous in rural areas! Hmm.. is there a larger radius you feel you’d be comfortable with? Like 50 miles?
- codingdave 1y agoYeah, I believe that I'd be comfortable with 20 - that would encompass half a dozen small towns instead of just one, and at that range I know half a dozen tech folks in the area, so it feels less targeted.
- zhoujianfu 1y agoThanks, 20 miles it is! (Or will be when I get back to my computer… or actually I guess I can have Claude change it now)!
- zhoujianfu 1y agoOkay, it should be a bigger random range now.. try reloading the page if you’d like!
- codingdave 1y agoI'm hesitant to reload it - is it going to log another hit from within my range? Or does it somehow ID me to know that I'm already on the site?
- zhoujianfu 1y agoYour unique id is your “device id” so if you visit from the same browser (not incognito mode though) you’ll be the same user.
- JohnFen 1y ago> Am I interpreting that correctly that there is no opt-in to having our location mapped when we hit the page? Just loading it publishes our location? Ouch! Thanks for the warning.