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Questions tagged [geolocation]

Geolocation is the identification of the real-world geographic location of an object

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What would it take to attack or disrupt the GPS system over a wide area?

What would it take to attack or disrupt the GPS system? In other words, how feasible or likely is it for the GPS system and its network of satellites to be disrupted across a large area such as an entire state or country? I understand that GPS…
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Effects of enabling/disabling location request on a browser

What does enabling/disabling geolocation access to a website on a browser actually mean? If I disable access to a website, what information will be shared with that particular website server? If I enable access to a website, what information will…
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Smartphone Location Data Keyword Search

I would like to understand, given a smart phone IOS (i.e. IOS or Android), what keywords would be helpful to understand the contours of the default geo-location data measurements (location \ kinetics), retention and access? It seems Orwellian, if…
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Why Geo-block Sites Without Secure Information?

I am an American software developer living in Honduras. We run an orphanage in this country, and my job funds most of it. I frequently do business, making purchases or gathering information about vendors, online. I understand blocking countries from…
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Someone detected my location on Omegle

I was in Omegle and was chatting with someone when he told me "wanna make a bet?" and I say sure why not. He tells me he can identify my location and proceeds to put all my internet connection information and computer. Then he tells me the town city…
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What are some ways to locate other mobile phones within a building?

I am currently working on a research project trying to locate people near a mobile device. Currently I have a mobile phone with monitor mode enabled and I am attempting to track other phones by looking at probe requests sent out by other phones and…
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Does cropping a picture change or remove properties like geotag data?

When you crop a picture to send via your smartphone for example (WhatsApp), what happens to its properties such as GeoTag data, date the phot was taken and so on? I want to make sure I do not disclose such information to other people.
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How does IP Geolocation get weather station information

I recently noticed that websites are using the weather station set in an app on my mobile phone to obtain my location. Various people offer localisation services using weather station choices, but I would like to know who it is that is collecting…
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