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Microsoft Edge and Aloha caught sharing precise user location data with third parties
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this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2026
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On iOS Edge, and all other apps, have a precise location setting alongside the location settings, so is this only talking about Android?
You can choose to use approximate or precise location right in the settings:
If you have never selected it doesn’t even get your approximate location.
The article talks about safari as well, so this doesn’t seem to be solely an android problem.
From memory, Android has a similar location precision setting, but I switched to iOS 2 years ago so I’m a bit hazy on that.
Reading the article, it sounds like the issue is more about how your data is used if you give your browser access to your precise location. Even if that access is allowed, not all browsers are sharing it. Edge and Aloha seem to be the only two which say they share your precise location.
It’s just a poorly, or non-researched ad for a VPN basically.
If you give something location access, read what it uses it for. Pretty straight forward.