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		gbear605 on June 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iOS 13 now shows you a map of where apps have been... The ip address is also not going to be shared with apps anymore starting in iOS 13

ta8347 on June 9, 2019 [–]

How? When an app makes an API request, the client IP address is (necessarily) exposed to the server.

gbear605 on June 9, 2019 | [–]

Oh, you’re right of course, I was misremembering that they won’t be able to get the ssids of nearby wifi networks. However, a vpn is a solution to the ip address problem.

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