On 04/27/2011 05:55 AM, Naman Muley wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Vitor Boschi <vitorbos...@gmail.com > <mailto:vitorbos...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Actually, Google can use information about which wifi access > points (and/or cell towers in case of mobile phones) your computer > see and provide a very precise location guess based on this. You > could try this method too. > > Though I doubt > Google uses cellphone towers, I shoudn't think google has access to > telephone resources as they are contracted. The telephone base stations > are contracted by telephone service providers and do not relay free > information.
Hi, In the news recently: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/22/android-secretly-sto.html Cell tower location based services have been in use for some years now, even before phones got wifi & gps. >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
