XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: andys@nospam.com   
      
   Cameo wrote on Sat, 30 Nov 2024 07:16:46 -0000 (UTC) :   
      
   >> On an iPhone you can connect the phone to a computer and use iAnyGo,   
   >> $89.95 for a lifetime license.   
   >>   
   > But that would not let me use it away from the computer, right?   
      
   Bear in mind that the IP address is only one geolocatable entity that a   
   phone reports back to the site that is trying to locate your position.   
      
   IMHO, most Android phones are poorly set up such that they update your   
   (so-called) "precise location" to Google (via nearby Wi-Fi access points).   
      
   I'm not sure about iPhones though. Do they update your (so-called) "precise   
   location" (via local Wi-Fi access points) to Google & other servers?   
      
   Probably not since Apple does its equivalent of (so-called) "precise   
   location" differently.   
      
   Differentially, Androids *upload* all the access points they can "see" to   
   online public Google/Mozilla/WiGle/etc., servers,. while iPhones *download*   
   that public access-point information.   
      
   The question is *where* does Apple get that public AP information from?   
      
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