Rob, I live in a relatively small village and like you I was shocked to see that my precise location was shown on my profile - right down to the street where I live. I quickly changed my location to Mid Lothian. The vast majority of people on Meetfighters are sound but there are a couple who I certainly would't want to know where i live.
The site used to show your location as the city you named in your Home Location.
For me I said Sydney.
Recently it has become more precise by showing your Council Area.
I was very surprised to most recently find that it pinpoints your location PRECISELY using GPS.
I like keeping my anonymity . . . I don't want the world to know exactly where I live.
Call me PARANOID if you like. :-)
I have now changed my Home Location to be Sydney Airport . . . and I have now also told it to NOT update my location.
I can't recall the admins sending a general message saying that they were now using GPS tracking ?
Anyway . . . . I'm back to feeling safe now . . . until some Nasty Pro Heels come to DESTROY ME ! ! ! ! ! :-)
When you look on the Map, it shows your own exact location to you, but not to others. Click on any other person’s marker on the Map and you’ll see this note:
“To protect privacy, this user’s location is not shown exactly. The marker is offset by a random vector.”
If you have a friend on here and you know where they actually live, you can check this claim yourself.
One of my friends on here checked my location and it said I was in the middle of a river. So if someone wants to stalk me into the middle of the Medina, by all means!
Hmmm . . . When I met a member the other day, I thought I DID do that exact thing on his phone.
Maybe I checked it after I got home . . . Losing grey cells as I get older . . . . and also too many head scissors ! :-)
In any case, I've now changed my location, as I said, and have set it to never update.
So all good. :-)
Scrapmerchant 1 (146)
14 days agoRob, I live in a relatively small village and like you I was shocked to see that my precise location was shown on my profile - right down to the street where I live. I quickly changed my location to Mid Lothian. The vast majority of people on Meetfighters are sound but there are a couple who I certainly would't want to know where i live.
rob c57 (18)
15 days agoThe site used to show your location as the city you named in your Home Location.
For me I said Sydney.
Recently it has become more precise by showing your Council Area.
I was very surprised to most recently find that it pinpoints your location PRECISELY using GPS.
I like keeping my anonymity . . . I don't want the world to know exactly where I live.
Call me PARANOID if you like. :-)
I have now changed my Home Location to be Sydney Airport . . . and I have now also told it to NOT update my location.
I can't recall the admins sending a general message saying that they were now using GPS tracking ?
Anyway . . . . I'm back to feeling safe now . . . until some Nasty Pro Heels come to DESTROY ME ! ! ! ! ! :-)
grappling hooked (30)
11 days ago(In reply to this)
When you look on the Map, it shows your own exact location to you, but not to others. Click on any other person’s marker on the Map and you’ll see this note:
“To protect privacy, this user’s location is not shown exactly. The marker is offset by a random vector.”
If you have a friend on here and you know where they actually live, you can check this claim yourself.
camelclutchkid (6)
10 days ago(In reply to this)
One of my friends on here checked my location and it said I was in the middle of a river. So if someone wants to stalk me into the middle of the Medina, by all means!
rob c57 (18)
10 days ago(In reply to this)
Hmmm . . . When I met a member the other day, I thought I DID do that exact thing on his phone.
Maybe I checked it after I got home . . . Losing grey cells as I get older . . . . and also too many head scissors ! :-)
In any case, I've now changed my location, as I said, and have set it to never update.
So all good. :-)