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		falcolas on Sept 14, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google’s become an obsessive stalker Yes, but I have two thoughts about that: Defaults matter. They still track what IP you connect from, and can correlate this to a physical address. I can connect to google and get search results tailored to my physical location, even if location services is not allowed for their site.

randomnerdiness on Sept 14, 2016 [–]

Perhaps. However, I'm in AZ, and the 'tailored search results' are usually the midwest or silicon valley.

I think it depends entirely on what your ISP is handing over for location data. Mine clearly doesn't hand over anything useful.

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