Nullslash

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   by Nullslash 6y ago

   it's a privacy issue. Users who enable the feature don't understand that are basically publishing thier latitude longitude online. Which can be resolved into a home address.
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   by Nullslash 6y ago

   Your location will be shared on the map if you make yourself visible. Otherwise, you're safe. Disable location sharing for the whole app.
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   by Nullslash 6y ago

   Author here. No, that is called z-coordinate. It's not possible to get z-coordinate by just finding the distance between me and the user.
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   Telegram publishes users' locations online(blog.ahmed.nyc)

   488 points by Nullslash 6y ago|229 comments
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   by Nullslash 12y ago

   Location: NYC Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: C++/C, Python, C#, sagemath, html, CSS, JavaScript, Django, jQuery, Redis, Bootstrap 3.x/2.x, jQuery-ui, Backbone.js, Handlebar.js and Linux system administration Rés