Wouldn’t they know your location because your phone is also connected to the cellular network? For example, I use VPN to view a few national broadcasters of different countries, but if I use my weather app, it still says my original location. Thank you.
Hi u/butterballmd.
AFAIK, the location system used by weather apps is based on GPS (a satellite radio signal) and it does not need any internet connection to determine your location (hence your VPN has nothing to do with the weather app).
But other apps like browsers, chat apps and social apps are based on the internet protocols, so they are affected by VPN.
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