XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: alice.jones-donotspam@ptd.net   
      
   Arno Welzel wrote in message 56AB1B69.8040203@arnowelzel.de:   
      
   > Yep - and this is nothing new. Google has been collecting SSIDs as long   
   > as they do picture recording for StreetView.   
      
   I was trying to be very specific in NOT bringing up the fact   
   that they record the SSID with the camera car that drives   
   around our neighborhood.   
      
   That's a DIFFERENT recording that Google does with extremely   
   expensive and special equipment mounted to the roof of a car.   
      
   I was only talking about our everyday cellphones.   
      
   >> My first question is whether that's true (by default)?   
   > For Android: Yes.   
      
   If that's true, then we're giving Google the SSID of our home routers   
   every single night while we sleep (by default).   
      
   > For Android: Depending on the in the advanced WiFi settings - the option   
   > is called "Scanning always available - Let Google's location service and   
   > other apps scan for networks...".   
      
   I don't have "Scanning always available..." as an option in my S3   
   which is running Android 4.3.   
      
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