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They may be thinking of Google's coarse location feature where the handset checks SSIDs in the proximity against Googles database for fast lookup.
by wasting_time 3mo ago
They may be thinking of Google's coarse location feature where the handset checks SSIDs in the proximity against Googles database for fast lookup.
- dwa3592 3mo agoThis is correct but if the phone's internet is off, there is no way for BSSID look up but maps might collect this in the background for telemetry and send it to the server once the internet is turned back on.
- psd1 3mo agoOn android, that's false. Turning off wifi or internet does not disable bssid scanning. You can do it, but it's buried in the settings.
- jraph 3mo agoOh yeah, makes sense didn't think about this especially since I don't have the google services. That's not really GPS anymore so when discussing the topic it would be worth being exact on this.