Shulou(Shulou.com)05/31 Report--

In an era of privacy supremacy, the ability to close locations is the most important. The fact that Google can still use methods other than GPS to determine your location is worrying, especially because users think that people can stop giving up their location by changing the location service.

According to a report on Quartz, Google really doesn't need you to open GPS within a reasonable range to know your location. Of course, the company says it won't store users' location information, but they still can't tell if the cat is outside.

Google has been collecting address towers near users, even if GPS is disabled. You may think it's no big deal, but remember, when you know the location of more than two towers, the system can easily triangulate your position. This can happen even if the global positioning system is turned off.

The company said the measure was taken to improve the speed and performance of message delivery, but Cell ID was never included in the system. So, this means that they know where you are at any given time, but they can't tell you where you're going because there is no data to store. I have no choice but to trust them.

Technically, only three towers can be used to locate a device, but the accuracy is not high. In a multi-tower urban environment, the situation has changed and the location can be determined with higher accuracy.

You might think that phones without a SIM card won't even register, but according to Quartz, when Android devices connect to Wi-Fi, they send Google the location of the phone's tower.

Although the information is sent in encrypted form, it is by no means absolutely secure. More interestingly, these practices cover Google because they have already mentioned this in their privacy policy.

"when you use Google services, we may collect and process information about your actual location. We use a variety of technologies to determine the location, including IP addresses, GPS and other sensors. For example, we can provide Google with information about nearby devices, Wi-Fi access points and base stations."

Google now says it will stop collecting the location of mobile phone towers, but it will take some time to stop, as this method is already used by a variety of applications and services in the ecosystem.

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