Timeline for How does Google Maps know where I am, when I'm using a VPN?
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| Jun 19, 2015 at 19:15 | comment | added | Ajedi32 | @HendrikBrummermann Yes voodoo. If you're signed in to Google Maps and have location history enabled, Google will use GPS data from your phone to determine where you are. See my answer for more on that. | |
| Jun 21, 2012 at 8:03 | comment | added | Hendrik Brummermann | @IsziRoryorIsznti No voodoo. The browser knows the local ip and reports that to the geolocation service, if permission is granted. | |
| Jun 19, 2012 at 21:12 | comment | added | Iszi | I just noticed that, aside from the "Google voodoo" comment, this answer doesn't really address the situation posed in the question. The user suggests that the only geolocation-relevant information he expects is available from his computer, is his IP address. Since it's a desktop, he probably doesn't have a GPS or Wi-Fi adapter. Bluetooth isn't entirely unlikely, but I'm not sure it can be presumed. (And, with Bluetooth's relatively short range and wide mobility, does Google really have enough information to correlate that? This is the first I've heard of it.) | |
| Jun 19, 2012 at 20:56 | comment | added | Iszi | +1 if only for the "other voodoo" comment. I'm always fairly amazed at how Google is able to accurately predict or otherwise derive information (i.e.: search auto-completion) which I have not yet given it. | |
| Jun 19, 2012 at 20:51 | history | answered | rook | CC BY-SA 3.0 |