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What does happen if I turn off location/gps? I guess that location has to be quite imprecise.
by jiri 2y ago
What does happen if I turn off location/gps? I guess that location has to be quite imprecise.
- spencerflem 2y agoStores have WiFi hotspots with very short range to track you that way while you're in the isle.
- daneel_w 2y agoOnly if you don't turn WiFi off. To my understanding even the "soft off" option present in iOS stops the phone from beaconing, and just listens in order to collect data for building augmented location services. I don't know what the Androids do. These days both of them also offer randomized MAC address to curtail such tracking.
- spencerflem 2y agoright, they were saying it's enough just to turn off location though. tho tbh if i really cared, no phone/battery out/faraday cage is still the gold standard
- elmomle 2y agoWith GPS off, location can triangulated from cell tower usage to within 3/4 of a square mile (smaller uncertainty in urban areas where cell towers are closer together). I'd heard before that some data brokers do this, but in this article the writer mentions reverse DNS lookup on IP addresses, which they mention is less precise (ZIP-code level).
- spencerflem 2y ago5G is far more precise as well
- adrr 2y agoIt’s not that accurate. E911 location was a few miles off.