Title is editorialized because the original is, frankly, clickbait garbage

  • Kilgore Trout
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    6 months ago

    the data is out there

    Where? GMaps sources this data from each of its users.

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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      6 months ago

      And Google also trusts that data because it’s collected at OS level.

      If an open project tried to collect location data they could not trust it. There’s no way to prevent malicious users from sending bogus data.