XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: usenet@arnowelzel.de   
      
   Alice J. schrieb am 2016-01-29 um 11:44:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   There is no "special equipment" needed to see SSIDs. When I go to the   
   backyard of the apartment building where I live, I can easily pick up   
   around 10 different SSIDs with my smartphone.   
      
   >>> 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).   
      
   Yep. And as long as you don't live in a very high floor or have some   
   kind of magnetic shielding in your house everybody around the place you   
   live will pick up the SSID as well - and so the smartphones moving along   
   the place you live.   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   The option I described is in Android 5.1. Maybe it is in the advanced   
   location service settings or in the "Google Settings" app which can be   
   found on some devices.   
      
      
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