From: mariond@facts.com   
      
   Jeff Layman wrote:   
   >> But are you prepared to carry two phones?   
   >   
   > I can barely remember to take /one/ phone out!   
   >   
   > I've turned off all I can, but I'm not convinced that is all I need to   
   > do. As I noticed a couple of years ago, I hadn't even been aware of   
   > "fused location", and I only found that because it use "location" in its   
   > name. Well, even assuming the phone can track me, I use it only for very   
   > limited browsing when I'm out. I have no pay or banking apps on it.   
      
   I thank you (and Andy) for teaching me the most I know about Android.   
   You taught me about fused location's existence, for example. Years ago.   
      
   This thread is a theoretical (not practical) discussion about "defeating"   
   the fused-location provider for cellular phone towers when mapping online.   
      
      *Notice that mapping online is different than mapping offline.*   
      
   It's trivial to defeat the fused-location provider when mapping offline.   
   It's mapping online where it's difficult to defeat fused location action.   
      
   This thread is extremely important because it covers HOW Android works.   
   Specifically, how LOCATION works on Android when using *online* mapping.   
      
   Notice it's (almost) absurd to expect privacy when using *online* mapping.   
    However...   
   If we don't understand the topic, we don't understand how location works.   
      
   Worse... If we read only what Google says, we'll *never* understand it! :)   
     *Manage Android location settings*   
        
      
   Android does NOT provide toggles to control all the ways location works.   
     *Use Wi-Fi access point = on/off*   
     *Use bluetooth beacons = on/off*   
      
   This thread simply adds a new privacy toggle that Android does not provide.   
     *Use cellular tower identification = on/off*   
      
   It's not intended to be "practical" (because using online mapping is absurd   
   if privacy is involved). You would use offline mapping on airplane mode.   
      
   But as a DISCUSSION TOPIC, it shows how the fused-location provider works.   
   --   
   Sometimes you learn the most about Android simply by trying to turn off all   
   the location gathering, saving & uploading that Google forces upon Android.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)