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> I don't mind a general region being disclosed, but the house-level accuracy of the location data definitely creeps me out. This is exactly what I want most o
by dictum 13y ago
> I don't mind a general region being disclosed, but the house-level accuracy of the location data definitely creeps me out.
This is exactly what I want most of the time. My ISP's servers are usually in neighboring cities, so geoip isn't precise enough, but GPS is too precise for my needs. I just want to disclose what city I'm in. This is enough info to give me useful results (e.g. I search Google for "italian restaurants", it gives me results for my city first) without violating my privacy by giving Google my location habits. Maybe OSes could give an option to reduce the granularity of the location reported, so you could disclose the town or state, but not the exact street, for instance.
- hnha 13y agoThere are apps to "fake" your location so maybe you can find a suitable one. I never used one but my external Bluetooth GNSS device feeds its accurate location into Android the same way. Please share if you do find a good one!