" Apple does the same thing. So does Skyhook (which is suing Google for ditching their location database to build their own). So do others. It’s a good idea. An

" Apple does the same thing. So does Skyhook (which is suing Google for ditching their location database to build their own). So do others. It’s a good idea. And it makes locations services much better." versus "The solution is a joke." Then he rants about how opt-out is bad and opt-in doesn't work. So what is it? If someone cares enough to opt-out then he'll be able to change his SSID. Be happy that Google doesn't let you register your access point with Google and opt-in/out there (and while doing that mapping your identity to your accesspoint and location). I don't see an easier way of opt-out. And i understand that opt-in is not feasible. By the way, you have to explicitly enable this data gathering while setting up your phone (on android), so part of the data gathering is to blame for the user that enabled it, i guess. ;)