cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-219 days agoIf I dont live in the US and also dont use any apps that track location or have that permission, is it still available to data brokers?message-squaremessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareIf I dont live in the US and also dont use any apps that track location or have that permission, is it still available to data brokers?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-219 days agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 days agoUh. You mean could someone obtain and sell your location based on data from an app on an Android phone? Maybe. Well, your cell provider knows your location; they have to do so to provide you with cell service. There are some other sensors that might be accessed to compute location. https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3309074.3309076 The accelerometer in your phone can be accessed and movements matched to, say, a street layout, plus maybe combined with geolocation of IP addresses when you access the network.
Uh. You mean could someone obtain and sell your location based on data from an app on an Android phone?
Maybe.
Well, your cell provider knows your location; they have to do so to provide you with cell service.
There are some other sensors that might be accessed to compute location.
https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3309074.3309076
The accelerometer in your phone can be accessed and movements matched to, say, a street layout, plus maybe combined with geolocation of IP addresses when you access the network.