GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAndroid ‘Identity Check’ rolling out to Pixel, coming soon to Samsung One UI 79to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkAndroid ‘Identity Check’ rolling out to Pixel, coming soon to Samsung One UI 79to5google.comGreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
Following the announcement in December, Google is now widely rolling out Android’s Identity Check feature to Pixel devices…
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoLol they already have your location data unless you had airplane mode turned on 24/7
minus-squareBrewchin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agolol… no. There’s a difference between Approximate and Precise location information: 3 sq.km vs 3m. Think suburb vs room. With location services enabled, you’re providing the latter.
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoSince the phone knows what cell towers it’s close to and signal strength, google can use this data to triangulate your location
Lol they already have your location data unless you had airplane mode turned on 24/7
lol… no. There’s a difference between Approximate and Precise location information: 3 sq.km vs 3m. Think suburb vs room.
With location services enabled, you’re providing the latter.
Since the phone knows what cell towers it’s close to and signal strength, google can use this data to triangulate your location