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Revision as of 23:44, 26 April 2011
Modern mobile phones store geographic information, GPS coordinates, wifi networks, mobile cells.
Contents
IOS
- Stores wifi networks:
- BSSID, Location, Accuracy, Timestamp, ...
- Stores mobile geo information:
- your providers cell towers, Cell Numer, Location, ...
- Database without size limit
- Sends data how?
- Correlates with GPS
- Data used ..?
Android
Information stored
Location on your device
- /data/data/com.google.android.location/files
- cache.wifi
- cache.cell
How much get's stored
- Database is limited to:
- 200 Wi-Fi entries
- 50 Cell entries
Settings
- Settings -> Location & Security -> Use wireless networks
- when ticked: stores information in two databases
- when un-ticked: no information get's stored on your device
Location Settings
Google informs you that they will use your information
