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Re:Show HN: BeaconDB – An Alternative to Mozilla Location Se... by dividuum on Monday July 08, 2024 @07:04AM (#40904305)
While most users probably don't realize that they contribute to Wifi crowd sourcing, AFAIR using locations services is opt-in on iOS. So "without their consent" doesn't seem true. The info popup also explicitly mentions the WiFi location crowd sourcing.
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Re:Show HN: BeaconDB – An Alternative to Mozilla Location Se... by axelthegerman on Monday July 08, 2024 @01:58PM (#40907634)
Sure but any opt-in iOS user walking past other people's wifi is crowd sourcing those networks without the network operators consent.

Unless they only contribute networks that the device has authenticated with.

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