Google offers opt-out from Wi-Fi router location database
joseph harris <[email protected]>
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[Again Google takes the opt-out route to profits.]
* Google offers opt-out from Wi-Fi router location database
Never offered an opt-in, though
http://go.reg.cx/news/1QNL
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/15/google_allows_people_to_opt_out_of_the_location_data_that_they_harvest_from_residential_wifi_networks/
'...The main benefit to Google of tracking the location of phone owners
is to allow the company to deliver location-specific adverts...'
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