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You can now win back a shred of privacy with approximate location sharing in Chrome

Digital Trends·Varun Mirchandani·27 days ago
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Home Phones News A long-awaited comeback, with a few caveats. AS Photography / Pexels Google is finally giving Chrome users something that’s been oddly missing for years: a middle ground between “share everything” and “share nothing.” And honestly, it’s about time. What is approximate location sharing in Chrome? Google has introduced approximate location sharing in Chrome on Android , letting users choose between sharing their exact location or just a broader, less precise area like a neighborhood. Until now, most websites either got full access to the precise location or nothing at all. With this update, Chrome adds a new layer of control directly in the permission prompt, where users can pick between Precise and Approximate location depending on what the site actually needs. Google The logic is pretty straightforward. Some tasks, like navigation or deliveries, still need exact location, but things like weather updates or local news really don’t. And that’s where this feature fits in.…

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