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by AHTERIX5000 2946 days ago
I've already disabled location history yet Google Maps continuosly keeps asking to review nearby places and take photos even when I haven't used the app in a long time. So it clearly polls location once in a while just to ask those questions (and log everything of course), very irritating.

I know I can disable notifications but I'm not sure if it would disable polling in the background. I guess the only way is to keep location toggled off completely.

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It might be using WiFi to determine your location. Logging each SSID and comparing them to a known database of businesses in the area where you live.