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Re:Always-on Processor magic: How Find My works while iPhone... by DrBenCarson on Thursday September 30, 2021 @07:13PM (#28712419)
Um they get that data from being a monopoly and knowing when most people are looking up directions to or information about a location.

Sure, they might do some other stuff to expand the data but there's much more relevant data right in their first-party domain.

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Re:Always-on Processor magic: How Find My works while iPhone... by seoulmetro on Thursday September 30, 2021 @07:28PM (#28712521)
No, they definitely read your location on your phone and "place you there". It has nothing to do with active actions made by yourself.

The same way traffic readings are done, not by cars, but by people in cars with phones.

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Re:Always-on Processor magic: How Find My works while iPhone... by tharkun__ on Thursday September 30, 2021 @10:14PM (#28713751)
Apart from what my sibling already said, think about it. How would searching for a restaurant correlate with "popular times"? Not much really. Would be all over the place. I search for the restaurant 3 days in advance at 10 in the morning but I'll be there Saturday night at 8, just like many other people. And at 10 in the morning the restaurant was still closed.
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