From: lars@beagle-ears.com   
      
   On 2025-12-24, R.Wieser  wrote:   
   > Yep.  Which is rather useless as long as you have no clue who you are   
   > targetting/tracking.   
   > Yes. And than you have identified a random household.  Thats as meaningless   
   > as the above.   
   >   
   > Kiddo, come back when you figure out how you can identify a *specific*   
   > person / household from whats in that database.  *Than* you have something   
   > to complain about.   
      
   One use case I can think about is when the government wants to track   
   you down, they know where you live. They then look up (baed on the   
   geolocation what your MAC address is. But if the WiFi AP never moves,   
   it still does not help them track you when you are not home.   
   So yes, it does not seem very useful. But then my imagination is   
   quite limited.   
      
   >:-) And what does that "network assistance" look like ?   Riddle me dat   
   > batman.   
   >   
   > Kiddo, have you *ever* stopped to think about why Apple would have spend   
   > money to create that database you have been free to access and now   
   > complaining about ?   What's is purpose ?   Can you answer me that ?   
      
   A database of BSSID with location means that your phone can look up its   
   location without using GPS. At least approximately, which is probably   
   quite close in a city or in a suburb,   
      
   The kind of *assisted* GPS that I am familiar with is RTK.   
      
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   Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California   
      
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