I mean exact location like from GPS? Even if you've not updated your profile after you move. I ask because I moved recently, and it showed me my new flatmates as connection suggestions. And they are in different age groups and different industries altogether (one is a married 50 something lady and the other is a male student in healthcare management) In the suggestion it says "based on your profile". We have nothing in common except that we share the same house. Since the past few months.
Same IP address?
LI gives suggestions based on IP addresses?? š®
Yes, same thing happened to me, except I was just staying in an airbnb briefly. We had nothing in common, I didn't even know their last names until I logged onto LI. That's just what tech companies do these days.
Assume that every app on your phone knows everything about you including what you say. There have been times I said something and immediately got a suggestion about it on Google News/Quora. It's creepy but that's the cost you pay for using all these services for "free".
Did they looked at your profile? Did they have your email address and have their email account linked to their account? If they did, then that might be how LinkedIn knew who to recommend.
No they didn't look at my profile. I don't think they're really active on LI either. I just came across them when I was scrolling down in the suggested connections list