Hacker News with Generative AI: Location Data

Proof of location for online polls (ip-vote.com)
Information about a device's physical location can be inferred by measuring the time it takes for signals to travel between the device and a known server location.

Privacy, Online Voting, Security, Location Data

108 points by c-riq 3 days ago | 86 comments

ChatGPT knows which country I'm in, despite conversation memory set to 'off' (imgur.com)

ChatGPT, Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, Location Data

6 points by nomilk 7 days ago | 12 comments

Google Timeline location purge causes collateral damage (theregister.com)
A year ago, Google announced plans to save people's Location History, which it now calls Timeline, locally on devices rather than on its servers.

Privacy, Google, Data, Technology, Location Data

4 points by rntn 35 days ago | 0 comments

Niantic uses Pokémon Go player data to build AI navigation system (arstechnica.com)
Last week, Niantic announced plans to create an AI model for navigating the physical world using scans collected from players of its mobile games, such as Pokémon Go, and from users of its Scaniverse app, reports 404 Media.

Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Location Data, Navigation

21 points by PaulHoule 36 days ago | 1 comments

Location data firm helps police find out when suspects visited their doctor (arstechnica.com)
A location-tracking company that sells its services to police departments is apparently using addresses and coordinates of doctors' and lawyers' offices and other types of locations to help cops compile lists of places visited by suspects, according to a 404 Media report published today.

Privacy, Law Enforcement, Technology, Location Data

7 points by leotravis10 38 days ago | 1 comments

FTC takes action against Gravy Analytics, Venntel for selling location data (ftc.gov)

FTC, Privacy, Location Data, Data Security, Law

194 points by gnabgib 45 days ago | 158 comments

Foursquare's 104M Points of Interest (marksblogg.com)
Point of Interest (POI) datasets of any strong quality have rarely been published freely. Overture and OpenStreetMap (OSM) have been making inroads but even in 2021, I could only find half of Starbucks' locations in OSM.

Maps, Data, Open Source, Business, Location Data

77 points by marklit 56 days ago | 30 comments

Foursquare Open Source Places Data (foursquare.com)
In an effort to change that dynamic, we are announcing today the general availability of a foundational open data set, Foursquare Open Source Places (“FSQ OS Places”).

Open Source, Data, Location Data, Maps

4 points by lucidhss 58 days ago | 1 comments

Foursquare Open Source Places: A new foundational dataset (simonwillison.net)
Foursquare Open Source Places: A new foundational dataset for the geospatial community (via) I did not expect this!

Open Source, Geospatial Data, Datasets, Foursquare, Location Data

154 points by po 59 days ago | 28 comments

Tell HN: ChatGPT now "knows" your geolocation (ycombinator.com)
Just a heads up: I use ChatGPT everyday, but until recently you had to mention your location in the conversation, if you needed it for context, or else it would assume the US.

Generative AI, ChatGPT, Privacy, Location Data

4 points by mickelsen 77 days ago | 4 comments

Location tracking of phones is out of control (arstechnica.com)
You likely have never heard of Babel Street or Location X, but chances are good that they know a lot about you and anyone else you know who keeps a phone nearby around the clock.

Privacy, Location Data, Mobile Devices, Surveillance

58 points by dangle1 86 days ago | 7 comments

Nuances around location-based programming (austingil.com)

Programming, Location Data, Software Development

25 points by thunderbong 163 days ago | 12 comments

Towards Standardizing Place: Why I'm Excited for Overture's GERS (dbreunig.com)

Standardization, Location Data, Mapping

3 points by dbreunig 170 days ago | 0 comments

Bumble and Hinge allowed stalkers to pinpoint users' locations down to 2 meters (techcrunch.com)

Privacy, Dating Apps, Location Data, Security

15 points by arizen 171 days ago | 2 comments

What's in my location history? (zdimension.fr)