XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: alice.jones-donotspam@ptd.net   
      
   Andy Burns wrote in message   
   9pednZiRpqoC7SnLnZ2dnUU78bmdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk:   
      
   > Repeating the exact query I used last night with the same pair of MAC   
   > addresses this morning, the location returned has altered at the 7th   
   > decimal of precision so it seems it's a (near?) realtime process   
   > updating the MAC database with the GPS locations from the phones/tablets.   
   >   
   > For several years google maps "satellite" imagery has had a reasonably   
   > accurate position for my postal address, but since they updated the   
   > imagery a few weeks ago (it shows my new lawn) they now think my address   
   > is four houses along and on the wrong side of the street, so 1/4 inch of   
   > precision for the MAC address, but 100 yard accuracy on the map!   
      
   The fact the Google database is near real time is VERY IMPORTANT!   
   Thank you for testing that critical piece of data.   
      
   If I understand this scenario correctly:   
    Let's say I turn my celphone hotspot on, so now my cellphone has an   
    SSID and the guy next to me is stoopid enough to send my SSID/MAC to   
    Google.   
      
   Then anyone can track my location in near real time.   
      
   Is that right?   
      
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