Re:Fakespot Is Acquired by Mozilla
by nl on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @08:03PM
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I don't think the BSSIDs are sent using the HTML5 location service.
Instead your computer operating system sends the BSSIDs to another service, get the location back and then your browser uses this location service to send a lat,long to the requesting website.
Instead your computer operating system sends the BSSIDs to another service, get the location back and then your browser uses this location service to send a lat,long to the requesting website.
See https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mh35873/mac and https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-location...