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There's a separate "WiFi scanning" setting that's enabled even when WiFi is switched off. Same with Bluetooth. This passive scanning is quite power efficient, s
by jeroenhd 3y ago
There's a separate "WiFi scanning" setting that's enabled even when WiFi is switched off. Same with Bluetooth. This passive scanning is quite power efficient, so in practice you probably wouldn't notice that the WiFi is still powered.
I've experience this when a company I worked for switched offices. As soon as I got into range of the WiFi access points, my phone got confused. I'm pretty sure it was the WiFi access points + the IP address of the work WiFi's IP address.
It takes a while for location services to heal themselves. I run a VPN server at home, so ever since I took my phone and tablet to Amsterdam for a day, Google associated my IP address with that city, probably because my phone and tablet got so many data points there. I've seen it happen before, but that'll switch back eventually too.
- thisislife2 3y ago> There's a separate "WiFi scanning" setting that's enabled even when WiFi is switched off. Really? What is it called and can it be disabled? That kind of data collection seems like a gross violation of user privacy, and should be illegal.
- mananaysiempre 3y agoMy old phone asked me for consent during an update, my new one during first boot. It can also be toggled afterwards[1]. Sadly, I suspect this means it’s legal even though most people don’t realize it’s on. [1] https://support.google.com/android/answer/3467281#scanning https://support.google.com/android/answer/3467281#scanning
- jeroenhd 3y agoOn my phone it's under settings > location > location services > wifi/bluetooth scanning.