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Is this the same mechanism that Google uses to determine if a place is 'busy' within Maps?
by oneeyedpigeon 9y ago
Is this the same mechanism that Google uses to determine if a place is 'busy' within Maps?
- bjackman 9y agoGoogle have a GPS feed from a good proportion of phones, they don't need to sniff WiFi. Plus they'd have to sprinkle devices for detection throughout the world (I doubt mobile WiFi chipsets do monitor mode)
- Zenbit_UX 9y agoThat's true that they don't need to but it didn't stop them in the past. I remember they got into hot water a few years ago when their mapping cars were going around and monitoring wifi data in range.
- cityhall 9y agoI assumed they had deals with the cellular companies to get aggregate location data to estimate traffic.