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Location obfuscation
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<p>Location obfuscation is a technique used in <a href="/facts/Location-based_service/BXzwkD4d">location-based services</a> or <a href="/facts/Information_system/apcSzFLh">information systems</a> to protect the location of the users by slightly altering, substituting or generalizing their location in order to avoid reflecting their real position. </p><p>A formal definition of location obfuscation can be "the means of deliberately degrading the quality of information about an individual's location in order to protect that individual's location privacy. </p>