I can’t believe I’ve never thought about this and that no one is really talking about it. GPS is a system that everyone uses everyday on there phone and is constantly tracking your location.

Many people here (including myself) use airplane mode to block mobile data signals so that mobile data companies cannot track your location and sell it to data brokers. But airplane mode doesn’t block GPS (I just tested this now on my phone, maybe your phone works differently). Is GPS somehow designed in a way so that it’s private?

  • Señor Mono@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    Afaik GPS is receiving only. You simply don’t emit any signals.

    It can he spoofed and jammed, but doesn’t by design give away your location.