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How do advertisers know when you're at your friend's location? Through your phone?


Connect to their WiFi, or your WiFi is off and still scanning for (E/B)SSIDs and thus can triangulate your location (this is what Google location services does), same thing with Bluetooth, apps/OS will grab your GPS location, and your phone carrier is selling your live and historic location data to anyone who wants it, including your government.


Two users sharing the same residential IP address




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