Vitor Pamplona on Nostr: The app itself doesn't save location data anywhere. It just posts to event when you ...
The app itself doesn't save location data anywhere. It just posts to event when you mark that option.
The use of a VPN/Tor doesn't change it. The location comes from on Android's coarse location services which use cell tower triangulation to know roughly where you are.
But there are GPS apps that can intercept and force another location.
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2024-11-27 20:24:21Event JSON
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