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[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You realize you are also sharing your location with third parties or you havent figured that out yet? lmao

[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you own a smart phone, so are you.

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

The thread is literally talking about options that enable extra surveillance on your smart phones lmao

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes, Apple already has my location. Using the location finder in iOS does not share data with advertisers. Also, I spend 99% of my time at my house. Wtf kind of secret shit do you think I’m up to?

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world -1 points 16 hours ago

Location services definitely does something genius lmao