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> Instead of saying "896m", return "<1km" or "1km-3km" etc. Can you still abuse the data to some extent?

Wouldn't eventually samples of arbitrary precision have their "range donuts" overlap heavily at the user's location?

This could probably be automated to track in real-time someone's position.




Yes, you just have to spoof locations near the boundaries of the quanta. If they are less than 1km then test locations until they are in the 1km-3km group but you will know they are actually 1km away. Repeat between 3 and a dozen times at different angles and you can still determine a location.




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