Mozilla Ends its Privacy-Friendly GPS-Style Location Service

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By EditorDavidMar 17, 2024, 5:56 pm388 ptsTop
Mozilla Location Service offered "a free, open way to offer GPS-style location detection features" for developers on devices without GPS hardware, remembers the Linux blog OMG Ubuntu. It used signals like Wi-Fi access points and Bluetooth beacons "without any of the privacy implications most competing…

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