• brian@programming.dev
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    3 days ago

    as per the first paragraph of the intro of the linked paper, it’s safer to store this than it is an actual location. if data gets leaked it’s like leaking a hashed password instead of a plaintext one. their example is device trackers.

    • tekato@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      You mean the hexagon? What prevents you from mapping your GPS output to a hexagon?