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Is this confirmed or are you just saying it because it's technically possible? Edit: Yes, this is confirmed in Apple's privacy policy for location services. "
by nichch 5y ago
Is this confirmed or are you just saying it because it's technically possible?
Edit: Yes, this is confirmed in Apple's privacy policy for location services.
"If Location Services is on, your iPhone will periodically send the geo-tagged locations of nearby Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers (where supported by a device) in an anonymous and encrypted form to Apple, to be used for augmenting this crowd-sourced database of Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower locations."
[0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207056 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207056
- sneak 5y agoIt’s not anonymous, as it includes the client IP when making the requests. This uniquely identifies a subscriber.