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Re:Gmail, We Need to Talk by nandhp on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @09:27PM (#10544422)
> if not, how do you expect it to know where you are?

IP addresses are usually enough to get to the right city.

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Re:Gmail, We Need to Talk by manigandham on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @11:20PM (#10544814)
Not on mobile carrier Internet, those can appear as very far from where you are
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Re:Gmail, We Need to Talk by CamperBob2 on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @04:44AM (#10545711)
They know what cell tower you're connected to, don't they? The original iPhone didn't have a GPS receiver, so this was the only way Maps could infer your location.
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