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How does a Wi-Fi only tablet route on Google Maps when on the road?
Recently, I noticed that, on a WiFi-only tablet, the Google Map App was
"tracking" me while on the road, where the WiFi-only tablet definitely does not have a GPS chip nor does it have a cellular capability. http://i.cubeupload.com/jOw0fO.gif Since this was a surprise to me that a WiFi-only tablet could "route" on top of an offline (aka "OK MAPS") google map while driving on the road, I was telling someone about it, who asked this question: Q: Is Google using previously stored WiFi AP SSIDs in the offline maps to locate your position, or, is the tablet's Wi-Fi automatically connecting to open APs, and hence giving away the location by that method? |
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