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Re:iOS 13 now shows you a map of where apps have been tracki... by nitrogen on Saturday June 08, 2019 @09:46PM (#20136474)
Your IP address when on WiFi almost certainly can be connected to a specific address by a databroker. That doesn't mean location shouldn't be limited in resolution, but there are other ways to get the same thing.
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Re:iOS 13 now shows you a map of where apps have been tracki... by skrause on Sunday June 09, 2019 @02:30AM (#20137539)
My ISP rotates IP addresses between users, so you can't match IPs to addresses. Quite often GeoIP doesn't even get my city right.
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Re:iOS 13 now shows you a map of where apps have been tracki... by Veen on Sunday June 09, 2019 @04:04AM (#20137866)
Isn’t is usually SSIDs that are used for location mapping of WiFi access points. The mapping cars gather that information when they’re doing street view stuff.
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Re:iOS 13 now shows you a map of where apps have been tracki... by CaptainMarvel on Sunday June 09, 2019 @05:54AM (#20138218)
There is a difference between sharing your IP address with a data broker to maybe get your location (which may not even be possible with GDPR?), and having your exact GPS coordinates sent directly to your database.
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Re:iOS 13 now shows you a map of where apps have been tracki... by gbear605 on Saturday June 08, 2019 @11:20PM (#20136886)
The ip address is also not going to be shared with apps anymore starting in iOS 13
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Re:iOS 13 now shows you a map of where apps have been tracki... by ta8347 on Saturday June 08, 2019 @11:28PM (#20136914)
How? When an app makes an API request, the client IP address is (necessarily) exposed to the server.
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Re:iOS 13 now shows you a map of where apps have been tracki... by gbear605 on Saturday June 08, 2019 @11:47PM (#20136981)
Oh, you’re right of course, I was misremembering that they won’t be able to get the ssids of nearby wifi networks. However, a vpn is a solution to the ip address problem.
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