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What's the threat scenario here? Unless you Saddam Hussein...


a) They don't need by exact location, so why ask for it?

b) Browser fingerprinting and the like links this position to me and my activities.

Do you not find it bizarre that many people see nothing wrong in routinely giving their precise location to anybody who asks for it?




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