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Re:Tell HN: Google Maps location data is used for GeoIP updates by PhilippGille on Monday December 19, 2022 @10:58AM (#34053539)
You say that the VPN is always on, but wasn't there a post on HN some time ago that showed that on iOS VPN is not 100% used for all data? Might have been this one: https://www.michaelhorowitz.com/VPNs.on.iOS.are.scam.php

So potentially your real IP was leaked otherwise, Google became aware of that IP and geolocated you, without Maps data?

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Re:Tell HN: Google Maps location data is used for GeoIP updates by ogeiczvm on Monday December 19, 2022 @11:01AM (#34053590)
I am aware of the IP leak in iOS but that's only for Apple services, Google Maps will always use the outbound VPN IP.

Something to note though - in my post I never mentioned the "real IP" - all tests were done to change the geoIP data of the VPN IP - and that always works as expected.

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Re:Tell HN: Google Maps location data is used for GeoIP updates by Brian_K_White on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:09PM (#34055380)
Other comments here say that the feature is available to any developer and any app may go around the default route and use the cell connection directly.
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