Google seems to be trying to track users that download the Samourai Wallet

posted by PMYA on Bitcoin

It turns out that this is only happening when the search is made from an IP in the US - I was connected to a US VPN at the time. It works fine connecting from France, the UK and NZ, but will ask you for your location if you're inside the US. @pembo tried it and got the same result as me.

Make sure you aren't sharing your location if you're getting a new wallet. Don't use Google search when you're getting your wallet, especially if you are signed in.

So I was just looking at a couple of different wallets. I searched for "Samourai Wallet" on Google. It is an Android wallet still being developed that has a few nice privacy features. When I made the search, I got a popup asking me to share my location with Google, which is really fucking odd because I have never been asked for my location on a normal search page. It turns out that this is only happening when the search is made from an IP in the US - I was connected to a US VPN at the time. It works fine connecting from France, the UK and NZ, but will ask you for your location if you're inside the US. @pembo tried it and got the same result as me. Make sure you aren't sharing your location if you're getting a new wallet. Don't use Google search when you're getting your wallet, especially if you are signed in.

4 comments

[–] Polsaker 4 points (+4|-0)

Google asks me for my location all the time. I just perma blocked that

[–] PMYA [OP] 2 points (+2|-0)

That's probably just because they see the country you're connecting from and want to double check that it is possible to connect from there.

[–] jobes 0 points (+0|-0)

uses Google in 2017

surprised he's being tracked

You are probably this guy

[–] PMYA [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

There is a difference between tracking and straight up asking for someone's location with specific search terms when there is nothing on the page that warrants needing your location.

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