Thread: Electronics Can someone find where your cell phone is, based on it's ip address?
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Old 07-28-2014, 07:56 PM   #7
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Yeah I don't care if my ISP or cell phone provider knows where I am, don't to the exact latitude & long Just whoever is the owner of a website or a piece of software that I am using.

I'm still fuzzy on how the apps give out where I am, is there a way to check that or to ensure that doesn't happen?
Nothing is as simple as on or off but here's a starter for reading. Because knowing is half the battle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location-based_service

Oh, and "triangulation" is probably an outdated term today. It's probably more like hepta-angulation in metro areas these days.
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