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Your Phone Knows You’re at the Doctor, and Data Brokers Do, Too — Then Profit From It (kffhealthnews.org)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/private/p/1501511/your-phone-knows-youre-at-the-doctor-and-data-brokers-do-too-then-profit-from-it

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[–] 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 child)

Here is a fun read:

https://blog.apnic.net/2018/05/24/securing-internet-geolocation-client-presence-verification/

https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.05169

https://people.scs.carleton.ca/~paulv/papers/CPV-TDSC-authorcopy.pdf

tldr: only way to not be located is to leave all smart devices at home (and hope nobody with smart glasses will cross your path, but this part is not in the links)

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