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Re:There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Loc... by nerdponx on Saturday October 02, 2021 @04:14PM (#28731672)
I once read that Apple and Google actively keep track of Wifi access points so they can map out interior spaces, and also geolocate you even if you have GPS location services disabled. I don't know if that's true, but I wouldn't put it past them.
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Re:There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Loc... by milofeynman on Saturday October 02, 2021 @04:26PM (#28731795)
https://support.google.com/maps/answer/1725632?hl=en
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Re:There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Loc... by nerdponx on Sunday October 03, 2021 @02:59AM (#28735103)
Nice. I like how the opt-out is really intrusive, in order to discourage you from doing it. And of course being on a "_nomap" SSID is going to make you easily identifiable anyway, because nobody else is doing it.

You wouldn't let a Google rep come to your house and physically map out your home, or note down the MAC addresses of your Wifi access point. Yet people are totally OK with them doing it as long as someone physically doesn't show up to do it.

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