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Interesting article shared with me about the way Wi-Fi location services work.

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[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I recall this being announced a decade or more ago. At the time, I wasn't so jaded and was more surprised than anything else that it was opt-out rather than opt-in.

Now I'm more annoyed than surprised.

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