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It Is Time to Ban the Sale of Precise Geolocation (www.lawfaremedia.org)

submitted 4 days ago by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There's a difference between using the actual precise location and collecting it.

[–] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 days ago

There isn't. In order to use, you must have access somehow. And that access allows collection.

You can't use Google Maps without letting it know whete you are.

There can be some waysto forbid collection, but they're all stopgaps.

Giving location access is like opening floodgates. Some data will end up somewhere you don't want.