XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.home.repair   
   From: rragnusen@ultred.com   
      
   Am Sun, 1 Apr 2018 16:58:18 +0100, schrieb Andy Burns:   
      
   >> the iBeacon standard doesn't include specific location information   
   >   
   > I know almost nothing about iBeacons, other than reading that iPads can   
   > use them for "micro-location"   
      
   Thank you Andy Burns for being an adult, and for suggesting a possible   
   bluetooth-related mechanism, which nobody had mentioned prior to your post   
   so we all appreciate that you're thinking like an adult should, and that   
   you're being purposefully helpful.   
      
   While nospam always essentially claims to be omnipotent (even as he guesses   
   at everything and hence everything he says is virtually worthless), it's   
   refreshing that both you and I are adult enough to admit publicly that we   
   aren't all that aware of iBeacons.   
      
   That's refreshing that you're honest, as I am.   
      
   Having taken your suggestion seriously, I googled for what they're used   
   for, and, for one out of three times, nospam actually guessed correctly, in   
   that they're likely not what is being used here (but we should prove that   
   also).   
      
   The reasons I think it's unlikely is that the iBeacons are short-distance   
   bluetooth low power devices, which means they likely have less distance   
   penetration than does a typical WiFi AP, and we don't know that Google   
   "collects" iBeacons as part of their collection efforts from most (not   
   mine) Android phones.   
      
   So your suggestion brings up a *great* question to ask Android users, which   
   is the following:   
   Q: Does Android have the potential to collect iBeacon bluetooth locations   
   and send that information to the Google servers?   
      
   I don't know the answer to that question, where if the answer is that   
   Google can and does collect that iBeacon information from Android phones,   
   then it's a possibility that Google then puts that iBeacon location   
   information in the offline OK MAPS database.   
      
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