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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by mastofaces on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:44PM (#17083888)
I just used the internet site it said up to 14 miles off in accuracy on the results page. It was actually 4 miles off with my wifi off and GPS off and ZLAT off. I'm also pretty sure the location it picked is very close to an existing cell tower.
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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by forapurpose on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:58PM (#17085369)
What is ZLAT?
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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by SahAssar on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @06:22PM (#17086959)
I'm guessing s/he meant IZat: https://www.qualcomm.com/products/izat
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