They only expose approximate, not precise, locations, so they shouldn’t be a risk like GPS that exposes precise locations?

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    19 hours ago

    I think this is a little confused. Unless your WiFi is open someone seeing your network can’t find out what the WAN IP is.

    And getting your ip can connect the people directly to your box

    “Connect” is a strong word here. Yeah, they can send traffic at it. But that shouldn’t do anything.

    A trace route command to this IP could return intermediate equipment of your isp, helping to pinpoint your town or even your street.

    This is the most reasonable concern. Depending on your ISP and location the IP itself or packet tracing you can get a pretty good idea of the user’s location.