Google collects cell tower info even if location services are disabled

Re:Google collects cell tower info even if location services... by akx on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @07:48AM (#15756341)

Anecdote about a bad case: I was in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress a couple years back and Google insisted I was in Milan, because the rental wifi was from there (I assume).

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Re:Google collects cell tower info even if location services... by johnflan on Sunday November 26, 2017 @10:48AM (#15781368)

I was at CCC in Berlin a couple of years back, the conference network was assigned a subnet previously used in Russia - I was getting verification emails from services I use for months after.

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