Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: comp.lang.python,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,alt.internet.wireless,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Apple changed their documentation at my request but it proves they don't care about privacy Date: 7 Sep 2026 14:04:58 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 18 Message-ID: <117mnb2.113c.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> References: <117b5u0$1q77$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <117fpti$18lf$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <117hhrg$1jqn$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <117hplp$oha$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <117m181$33ilj$4@dont-email.me> X-Trace: individual.net bT04yPxi05o2vGYO5SICtwqOyAIn6O1YCfYQW457kprhRy9sK2 X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:x8mmGWvfbjaVBsvyBJM1LuDdVlE= sha256:mkOOYB7hGrfGQYrKhJ8StXx+jkL2PwDuMsttcnA/KyI= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:197975 misc.phone.mobile.iphone:202133 comp.mobile.android:155713 alt.internet.wireless:18997 alt.comp.os.windows-10:195609 Nuno Silva wrote: [...] > On 2026-09-06, Jon Ribbens wrote: > > > The purpose of these databases of BSSID locations is to assist devices > > such as mobile phones in locating themselves. Maybe the device is > > indoors and cannot get a GPS signal, but also my understanding is that > > GPS can fix an accurate location much faster if it starts already > > knowing vaguely where on the planet it is. > > There was already a mechanism to do this at least since "3G" using > mobile data connections, right? But, unless I misunderstand the context, the device might not *have* a "mobile data connection". For example a SIM-less tablet/laptop/etc. might still want to determine its position. [...]