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Re:Google’s become an obsessive stalker by falcolas on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @10:59AM (#12497550)
Yes, but I have two thoughts about that:

Defaults matter.

They still track what IP you connect from, and can correlate this to a physical address. I can connect to google and get search results tailored to my physical location, even if location services is not allowed for their site.

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Re:Google’s become an obsessive stalker by randomnerdiness on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @11:23AM (#12497858)
Perhaps. However, I'm in AZ, and the 'tailored search results' are usually the midwest or silicon valley.

I think it depends entirely on what your ISP is handing over for location data. Mine clearly doesn't hand over anything useful.

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