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Re:Pinephone first steps by mikece on Monday May 11, 2020 @02:29PM (#23145364)
Perhaps.... but Google would still know your real location, no?
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Re:Pinephone first steps by chipperyman573 on Monday May 11, 2020 @03:31PM (#23146009)
And your carrier, and anyone who does location based on IP, and anyone who does location based on inaudable noises only your phone can hear (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/beware-of-ads-th...), and...

But, this would still help protect against the simplest way to steal your location data, which is what a lot of services do

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Re:Pinephone first steps by openfuture on Monday May 11, 2020 @03:33PM (#23146028)
There's a hardware switch for the mic but yeah it's pretty hopeless to hide your location in those threat models.
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