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Re:Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down throug... by loxs on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:46AM (#42916216)
The point is that it doesn't matter whether YOU grant access to your contacts. As long as anyone who has you in THEIR contacts decides to just press "share contacts" with any app, you are doxxed and SkyNet is able to identify you for all practical purposes.
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Re:Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down throug... by zxvkhkxvdvbdxz on Monday February 03, 2025 @02:05PM (#42921599)
Same with DNA testing really.

A relative did a genealogy test through ancestry.com and suddenly I'm doxed for all eternity.

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Re:Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down throug... by jcul on Monday February 03, 2025 @02:10PM (#42921630)
Ah yes, that is a problem.
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