top | item 28554347 (no title) tsjq | 4 years ago google android tracks location even when gps offhttps://duckduckgo.com/?q=google+android+tracks+location+eve... discuss order hn newest ghastmaster|4 years ago It tracks which towers you are connected to according to the article. No triangulation or precise location. inetknght|4 years ago Cell phone tower triangulation has been around for so long that there's decades-old movies to its effect. To claim that there's no triangulation in current tech is, IMO, an intentionally malicious claim. greenhatman|4 years ago If it tracks signal strength as well, then it's just one extra step to triangulation.
ghastmaster|4 years ago It tracks which towers you are connected to according to the article. No triangulation or precise location. inetknght|4 years ago Cell phone tower triangulation has been around for so long that there's decades-old movies to its effect. To claim that there's no triangulation in current tech is, IMO, an intentionally malicious claim. greenhatman|4 years ago If it tracks signal strength as well, then it's just one extra step to triangulation.
inetknght|4 years ago Cell phone tower triangulation has been around for so long that there's decades-old movies to its effect. To claim that there's no triangulation in current tech is, IMO, an intentionally malicious claim.
greenhatman|4 years ago If it tracks signal strength as well, then it's just one extra step to triangulation.
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