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Ask HN: Disable GPS chip on Macbook Pro Retina

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I'm concerned that the GPS is still active from a hardware level despite me choosing to not enable iCloud.

Has anyone disabled / extracted their GPS chip from their computer? Tips?

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Do Macs even have GPS?

I'm not aware of any non-custom laptop with GPS chips.

Best guess is the submitter is confusing being able to find someone via their ISP, wifi's SSID, or other marks with the idea there is a built-in GPS.

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