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Re:Facebook Ordered to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp User... by kbaker on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @12:15PM (#12590714)
You don't even have to have wifi enabled, even when Wi-Fi is OFF it will still scan for SSIDs to use for location by default.

You have to disable an obscure setting to get it to stop this behavior.

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Re:Facebook Ordered to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp User... by marco1 on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @12:49PM (#12590992)
But even after the device has detected the (B)SSID, you have to enable either Wi-Fi or your mobile data connection for the device to communicate with Google's servers. Still, just as worrisome.
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