XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: alice.jones-donotspam@ptd.net   
      
   pamela wrote in message XnsA5A2F93FA1E7D4AM2@216.151.153.190:   
      
   > Without using cars in the street, if my Android device sends its GPS   
   > co-ordinates to Google then presumably Google could also see the   
   > wireless router's MAC address.   
   >   
   > I guess Google could make an association between the GPS co-ords and MAC   
   > adress and then store the info in its database.  Along with the IP   
   > address and perhaps SSID for good measure.   
      
   You hit the nail on the head.   
      
   I don't know if anyone confirmed this for sure, but it seemed to me   
   people are telling us that Google is saving our GPS location and our   
   SSID and our SSID MAC address which our Android phones are giving to them.   
      
   Even if "our" phone isn't giving these identifications to Google, our   
   *neighbor's* phones are giving it to Google!   
      
   Two of those three bits of information are unique and unchangeable!   
      
   1. The GPS location is unique in the world & is impossible to change   
   2. The LAN wifi MAC address is unique in the world & is impossible to change   
   3. The SSID may or may not be unique and is easily changed   
      
   Is this three-part statement above correct?   
      
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