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Your Phone Knows You’re at the Doctor, and Data Brokers Do, Too — Then Profit From It (kffhealthnews.org)
submitted 20 hours ago by beep@piefed.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I would be delighted to profit from it. But somehow I don't think that's what is being offered.

Ever consider turning off location services?

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

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)

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, 'tis so, alas. We have some narrow canyons, and caves around here that can do the trick.