[dundee] Google location tracking can invade privacy, hackers say

[Axel]

I?ve bought a new Wi-Fi router after Google has stopped collecting  
Wi-Fi data in Germany, this router is approx. four weeks old and isn?t  
in the database.

There is one Android device in our household (proudly it isn?t my), so  
this means:

1) Not every device is talking to Google.
2) The database is four or more weeks old.

My Suggestion: Change the MAC Address of your Wi-Fi router; best with  
a real from the database, from the other side of Dundee and Google and  
the users are confused.

Axel


Quoting Robert Ladyman <it at file-away.co.uk>:

> I put one of my wireless MAC addresses in and, yes, it gives the location
>
> http://samy.pl/androidmap/
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/22/google_android_privacy_concerns/
>
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