[lucideer]

I don't think anyone mentioned anything about GPS until now. We're talking about Google recording your location, which can be inferred from a number of sources, including GPS, WiPS/WFPS, IP, and others. WiPS/WFPS is the most commonly used by Google.

[pgeorgi]

The great-grand-poster:

"Android even lets you turn off AGPS, which collects anonymous location data to update itself. As far as I know, this is not even possible on iOS."

AGPS is GPS, assisted but still GPS.

[lucideer]

I guess I was unclear: that could probably be reworded to say "I don't think anyone specified GPS"

That ggp prefixed that line on AGPS with "even"; they were asking for citation that Google persistently tracks location, and just used AGPS as one example.

The point being, saying Google allows you to disable GPS is a world away from saying Google allows you to disable location tracking. And I'm not talking about IP geolocation.

I don't even know if they do completely respect your choice to disable GPS (citation needed indeed here), but I do know that they persistently track you via WiPS/WFPS at the very least, if not other methods.