Based on the wifi access points near you. When a cell phone sees a wifi network it reports back to a mothership the GPS coordinates. When your laptop sees the access point the mothership tells it where you are. Scary eh ;)
On Tuesday, September 22, 2015, That One Guy /sarcasm < [email protected]> wrote: > I made the plunge the other night to 10, its pretty cool. > > Im concerned however that when it asked to use my location its right near > me, on a laptop, not phone, no gps and a clean install. How is it getting > this info? > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >
