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by teddyc 1997 days ago
Could be scanning available wireless networks and using that to locate you
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Triv888 1997 days ago
So Firefox on Desktop would share with Google which wireless network I'm connected to?
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FroshKiller 1997 days ago
What network you're connected to doesn't matter. What matters is what networks your device sees.
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Triv888 1996 days ago
On desktop/linux/firefox/private window and vpn, how can Google know which Wi-Fi network I'm connected to?
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dylz 1996 days ago
HTML5 geolocation if you ever click allow even one time can granularly identify location based on where you are. It sends nearby MAC and correlates this to wardriving-equivalent scans. You do not need to be connected to wifi.
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