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Re:Amazon Sets Its Sights on the $88B Online Ad Market by rohan1024 on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @01:15AM (#17906808)
Also, if you own Android, no need for Google maps. They are already tracking your mobile location. Scanning WiFi in the background. They know you are having dinner at some hotel because WiFi found its network while scanning. It doesn't matter if your WiFi is off.
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Re:Amazon Sets Its Sights on the $88B Online Ad Market by bobsoap on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @02:52AM (#17907115)
You can switch background scanning off in Android. If Google respects that setting is another question altogether though.
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