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How does facebook get the location of a system?
04-25-2013, 12:11 PM
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How does facebook get the location of a system?
Like when we share a location with a post on facebook. it shows this is being updated from the exact area im in.Not the city name. How does it do ?
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04-25-2013, 12:25 PM
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It uses your I.P. Address
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04-25-2013, 12:29 PM
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It uses IP address based location system. Because every IP address indicates the country, etc in a coded form. so they can identify.
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04-25-2013, 12:44 PM
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Your IP address is a rough indication of your location.
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