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Re:Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020) by slavik81 on Sunday August 01, 2021 @09:29AM (#28026108)
It's the same permission because WiFi networks are basically landmarks. If you see the Eiffel tower, you know you're in Paris. Similarly, if you see network id X, you know you're near location Y.

One day, the camera permission will probably have the same problem. The time of day and position of the sun can give a coarse location, and perhaps future algorithms will be able to search Google Street View to find your exact location.

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Re:Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020) by godelski on Sunday August 01, 2021 @04:17PM (#28029500)
> perhaps future algorithms will be able to search Google Street View to find your exact location.

So actually intelligence organizations already do this. If they have a mundane picture of an adversary they will try to pinpoint where the picture was taken. Of course there's more clues that they have because they know things about the target, but I guess I'm saying it's not unreasonable to believe such a thing could exist today.

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