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> You can go get an off-contract sim card, use it on a clean Android The moment you connect to your WiFi, Google gets the SSID and can relate other devices usi
by 0xmohit 10y ago
> You can go get an off-contract sim card, use it on a clean Android
The moment you connect to your WiFi, Google gets the SSID and can relate other devices using it. Possibly (?) the SSID is also known to WhatsApp.
Does it really help much?
- kbaker 10y agoYou don't even have to have wifi enabled, even when Wi-Fi is OFF it will still scan for SSIDs to use for location by default. You have to disable an obscure setting to get it to stop this behavior.
- marco1 10y agoBut even after the device has detected the (B)SSID, you have to enable either Wi-Fi or your mobile data connection for the device to communicate with Google's servers. Still, just as worrisome.
- psykpsyk 10y agoWhat are you guys arguing about? That you can't escape those services grubby apetite for data was exactly GPs point...