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> It doesn't work like that because if it did you could do it on purpose to link your identity with someone else.

It does work like that in too many cases. Yes, one data point is not definitive but since they can get many data points it works well enough to be a major privacy risk - for example, this was a cheap attack which required no governmental access:

https://www.vox.com/recode/22587248/grindr-app-location-data...

I would suggest writing down exactly what you are concerned about in a structured manner. You’ve shifted the scope significantly and are well off topic from the original point. I appreciate the emotion but it’s hard to build a policy on quicksand.




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