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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by twistiti on Thursday December 12, 2019 @06:27PM (#21777675)
Modern smartphones keep recording WiFi access points even when you toggle WiFi off.
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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by boring_twenties on Friday December 13, 2019 @12:51AM (#21779403)
That's a setting that can be disabled in Android (assuming they're not straight up lying of course), it even asks you about it during initial device setup, separately from enabling location services in general.
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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by znhll on Thursday December 12, 2019 @07:20PM (#21777984)
I still waiting for a non-Android phone with a physical radio cut-off switch, and removable battery... not holding my breath though :(
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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by drewbug on Thursday December 12, 2019 @07:57PM (#21778192)
Librem 5?
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