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		manigandham on Nov 11, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmail, We Need to Talk Not on mobile carrier Internet, those can appear as very far from where you are

CamperBob2 on Nov 11, 2015 [–]

They know what cell tower you're connected to, don't they? The original iPhone didn't have a GPS receiver, so this was the only way Maps could infer your location.

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