afaik SWM doesn't require location (gps) it uses your cellphone towers as the mechanism to find out if you are near those towers were you usually have wifi. Bu

afaik SWM doesn't require location (gps) it uses your cellphone towers as the mechanism to find out if you are near those towers were you usually have wifi. But speaking on your questions... Location On, Wifi Off offers better security IMHO, specially in the case your phone gets stolen/lost you may at least use that information find it or at least report to the authorities it's location the trade-off is that google/nsa et al will always know your location but unless you are Snowden or paranoid, you probably wont mind. Also in the latest version (at least on the Beta afaik) you can activate Wifi Scanning, which uses the passive/aggresive mechanism mentioned on the article to find out if you are near the AP and turn on your wifi.