![]() Kamkar's website also came as Swedish computer enthusiast Magnus Erikson disclosed the existence of files on Android handsets that caches the device's location and the time it was there. “And if your Android phone goes onto that wireless network, now you're sending that data with your IP address, which is the same IP address you're probably using to log on to Gmail, Google or whatever.” And since Android phones track the signal strength of each Wi-Fi network they see, there's a good chance Google could also figure out the MAC address of your home and business routers. ![]() ![]() By combining the location and the unique identifier several times a day every single day, Kamkar said, it wouldn't be hard for Google to figure out where you live and work. ![]()
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