Where you are located on Earth can be pretty sensitive information. How does it work in your browser and what are the privacy implications? Let’s find out.
It is clear that a user who is aware of the implications would not activate geolocation, the problem is another, how many users who are aware of this problem will review the permissions of their mobile apps? Many of them, just like the mobile itself, have geolocation activated by default and some OS on the PC as well. It is the user who has to deactivate this one by one, it is not a question of activating it, because it already is.
Why would someone who’s privacy aware enable location services at all?
It is clear that a user who is aware of the implications would not activate geolocation, the problem is another, how many users who are aware of this problem will review the permissions of their mobile apps? Many of them, just like the mobile itself, have geolocation activated by default and some OS on the PC as well. It is the user who has to deactivate this one by one, it is not a question of activating it, because it already is.