Looks like I was right about Apple building a WiFi location database

In April, Apple Ditched Google And Skyhook In Favor Of Its Own Location Databases:

This article reports on Apple’s admission that they are building their own location database to replace Skyhook (which is a WiFi location database).

Many of us are now walking around with devices that monitor our environments and report back to the mother ship about them (even if done anonymously).

- Lance Cottrell

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