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This has a dual purpose. From your perspective, that's true. It gives a better and faster lock on location. But at the same time, it associate the WIFI wit
by lakis 5y ago
This has a dual purpose.
From your perspective, that's true. It gives a better and faster lock on location.
But at the same time, it associate the WIFI with a location with the accuracy of a GPS.
So when you go into your laptop which has no GPS, the WiFi which you connect now has a real location association with it.
Presto. Now Google can track your real location on your laptop and any other WiFi enabled device.
- ccouzens 5y ago> So when you go into your laptop which has no GPS, the WiFi which you connect now has a real location association with it. The phone can associate the SSID with a physical location. Maybe also a MAC address? From a web browser on the laptop, they'll have the wi-fi network's IP address. They won't be told the SSID. They'll have different pieces of information. I don't think it will help to work out your physical location from a laptop's web browser. To associate a wi-fi network with a physical location that's helpful for tracking a laptop either: Your phone would need to authenticate to it and reach the internet to get the wi-fi network's IP address whilst on GPS Or: wi-fi networks you're not connected to need to be broadcasting their public MAC address- so far as I'm aware they don't
- lakis 5y agoTake a look at https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/dvbwr0/wifi_ssid_world_map_how_an_app_can_geolocate_you/ https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/dvbwr0/wifi_ssid_w...