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		moonfern on Dec 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: Google is correlating location data to yo... Also to consider: Wifi networks are used for tracking. Google and Microsoft offer methods for disabling this for the network that you control. (_nomap/website) Apple does not. Also Google makes it not impossible to stop tracking ( F-droid/Netguard/Superfreezz) on your phone. Pro iphone: Apple does not share access to an advertising id for monetization without user consent. Apple guards application boundaries.

withinboredom on Dec 18, 2022 [–]

I believe most of it is actually Mozilla, and not either one of those companies. Looking at DNS lookups, 2/3 of all DNS requests on my network go to location.mozilla.com

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