The API thankfully allows for users to cloak their location, and many implementations ask the user for permission before revealing the geolocation object to the JavaScript code.

Most of the HTML and JavaScript in the example above is to make it easier to see the results. The most important line from a Geolocation API perspective is these lines: ...

The Google Geolocation API is a legitimate service that triangulates a system's location using collected Wi-Fi access points and mobile network data and returns coordinates.

IPinfo, the internet data company, today announced the launch of IPinfo Lite, a new data product delivering free, enterprise-grade, country-level IP geolocation and ASN data. With daily updates ...

Apple Geolocation API Exposes Wi-Fi Access Points Worldwide Beyond the devices that use them, Wi-Fi hubs themselves can leak interesting data, thanks to some quirks in Apple's geolocation system.