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"How Wi-Fi Gives Away Your Location"

"Over a decade ago, Google was gathering data about Wi-Fi networks using its Street View cars... saving the Wi-Fi data for use with Location Services"

"Street View cars no longer drive around scanning everyone's Wi-Fi"
"Instead...your phone scans your nearby wireless networks and uploads a list of them to Google's Location Services database along with your current location"
https://www.howtogeek.com/708500/how-devices-use-wi-fi-to-determine-your-physical-location/
#WiFi #PhysicalLocation #privacy