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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by roywiggins on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @09:21PM (#31590216)
The data is probably just phone self-reported GPS coordinates, and we know how accurate or inaccurate those can be: https://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/performance/accuracy/#how-ac...

Both are articles are perfectly consistent with being able to locate a person to within at best a 16 feet radius or so, and less accurate when in a built-up area. Hence the quote about not being able to reliably tell which side of the road someone's phone pinged on.

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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by jonhohle on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @10:19PM (#31590545)
It’s also the same data used by police to identify devices (and by extension their owners) that were near the scene of a crime. Phones don’t use “just” GPS for calculating position.

My point is one article uses the information to (rightfully) strike fear/discomfort in the reader. The other article uses it to dismiss an investigation that is inconsistent with the paper’s narrative.

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