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Re:Mobile data shows which European countries took lockdown ... by Symbiote on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @06:59AM (#25568949)
It's derived from Google and Apple's tracking of phone location. They know exactly where your home is, where you work, and with a map can see when you go to a park or a shop.

This is app tracking, but Google and Apple have more direct access : https://nrkbeta.no/2020/12/03/my-phone-was-spying-on-me-so-i...

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Re:Mobile data shows which European countries took lockdown ... by tinus_hn on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @02:08PM (#25573508)
Your article does not contain the word Apple.

Google does this kind of tracking. Apple uses a periodically changing id that is not associated with your person.

If you have an iPhone Apple probably knows where you live because you told them, but not because you use Apple Maps or GPS on their devices.

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