From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android
On 9/7/26 12:53 AM, micky wrote:
AJL wrote:
R.Wieser wrote:
Nextdoor I noticed for the first time that my house was CORRECTLY >>PINPOINTED with a home symbol.
I wonder how Nextdoor figured me out??
Googles Android has location services. Combine with some other data
(local time perhaps) and some pretty easy guesses can be made that a
certain location is likely to be your home one.
The first thing I turn off is location sharing in all my Android tablet >>toys. And I don't keep the Nextdoor app on my phone...
Does that mean you keep it on your PC but you still call it an app?
Not sure what you mean here but this is how I access Nextdoor: Most of the
time I use the Firefox browser (whether on my Windows PC laptop,
Chromebook, or Android tablet toys) as it's extensions can get rid of much
of the Nextdoor clutter. I seldom post but do keep the Nextdoor app on some
of my Android stuff for that purpose as I've found that the Firefox browser
can mess up posting.
But in all cases, browser or app, my location was correctly shown on its map
even though having signed in using my fake name and NO address. Thus my
warning to others using fake names that they don't always work. I've not
stopped using Nextdoor as the map with my location is only available to me
so I'm still reasonably hidden from the nutcases. Just like Usenet... ;)
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