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According to that abstract, only Apple does that, not Google. Full disclosure I work for Google, but not on anything related to this.
by Thorrez 5y ago
According to that abstract, only Apple does that, not Google.
Full disclosure I work for Google, but not on anything related to this.
- jodrellblank 5y agoGoogle merely drive past your house, recording your GPS location and WiFi SSID broadcasts, and find it that way. And "accidentally" packet capture some of your network traffic too. ( https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/ https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/ )
- Thorrez 5y agobetween 2008 and 2010 for the network traffic part
- sundvor 5y agoCan confirm. Moved houses something about ten years ago, only a few kms, and Google Maps kept on saying I was at my old address. I used location sharing actively then as now, found it mostly annoying - but also learnt how they built up their SSID location databases. I did find it creepy, but could also see how it would massively assist location services.