A new study from Surfshark reveals that many top mobile web browsers don't just track where you go online, they track exactly where you are in the real world.
The article talks about safari as well, so this doesn’t seem to be solely an android problem.
From memory, Android has a similar location precision setting, but I switched to iOS 2 years ago so I’m a bit hazy on that.
Reading the article, it sounds like the issue is more about how your data is used if you give your browser access to your precise location. Even if that access is allowed, not all browsers are sharing it. Edge and Aloha seem to be the only two which say they share your precise location.
On iOS Edge, and all other apps, have a precise location setting alongside the location settings, so is this only talking about Android?
You can choose to use approximate or precise location right in the settings:
If you have never selected it doesn’t even get your approximate location.
The article talks about safari as well, so this doesn’t seem to be solely an android problem.
From memory, Android has a similar location precision setting, but I switched to iOS 2 years ago so I’m a bit hazy on that.
Reading the article, it sounds like the issue is more about how your data is used if you give your browser access to your precise location. Even if that access is allowed, not all browsers are sharing it. Edge and Aloha seem to be the only two which say they share your precise location.