From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   J. P. Gilliver  wrote:   
   [...]   
   > Hang on, I'll just put "where am I" into Google. It says Laceby,   
   > Grimsby. Grimsby is near Hull on the north-ish east coast of England;   
   > I'm in mid-Kent, some hundreds of miles to the south.   
      
     That Google search returned many sites with 'where am I' kinds of   
   services, but most were cookie-unfriendly (no 'reject all' choice and   
   many (tens of) switches were on by default, so too much trouble to turn   
   them all off).   
      
     Google *itself* reported my location somewhat accurately, (a few   
   hundred metres off) which is understandable, because 1) I do have   
   location services on on my (Android) smartphone and 2) now on my laptop   
   at home, I'm logged into the same Google Account as the one on my phone.   
      
     So *Google* knows my location (because I allowed it on my phone), but   
   *Microsoft/Windows* has no clue. And that's the way it should be! :-)   
      
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