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I'm pretty familiar with Android and this isn't quite true. It prompts to ask if your phone can report nearby WiFi hotspots to Google and use that information t
by chungy 11y ago
I'm pretty familiar with Android and this isn't quite true. It prompts to ask if your phone can report nearby WiFi hotspots to Google and use that information to try to get a more accurate location than GPS provides.
But GPS still works. GPS even works with the WiFi and mobile radios turned off. GPS works without the Google Apps installed, and without the WiFi location being enabled.
- dingo_bat 11y agoAll the android phones I've used do not let you turn on gps (even the non assisted gps) option without making you agree to data collection. It does work without a data connection but I assume they store the data till the next time you get Internet. Edit: I read a bit about this. There is something called Google location history. It's on by default and tracks and reports your location to Google. You can turn it off (it's a bit non-obvious but not very much so). The wording is "Places you go with your devices will stop being added to your Location History map". So there, "tracked by default".
- vetinari 11y agoNot true. The data collection is active only in 'High accuracy' and 'Battery saving' modes. Both these modes are services, the phone asks Google servers "I see wifi with SSID ABC and MAC 0:1:2:3:4:5, where am I?" or "I see celltower of provider 0123, with id 456, where am I?". In 'Device only' mode, your location is determined purely by the device hardware. If anyone, it's Qualcomm who knows about you, due to AGPS request. Then there is a separate service, Location History, that can be turned off.