So how does Find My Mac really work?
i know it needs WiFi on and, as the Apple site says, "be in range of a known WiFi network", but that doesn't explain it.
It pinpoints my computers location down to the exact house we're in.
The only WiFi networks in rage are my private one and my neighbour which is secure, so it must be using my wifi network, but how?
Is it using the infamous WiFi network sweep that Google collected when they were making Google Map street view, (but that wouldn't point to the exact house)
Is it using the GPS location that is provided to Apple by my iPhone from when it was connected all the wifi networks it connects to as locations?.
Or does the Mac provide the ISP and wifi address when your connected to the internet and maps Wifi networks like this.
I like most don't read all the pages of terms and conditions when I booted up my Mac for the first time, but the privacy implications of all these possibilities seem quite significant.
(Apple obviously hade mapped the wifi network before I used Find My Mac)
i know it needs WiFi on and, as the Apple site says, "be in range of a known WiFi network", but that doesn't explain it.
It pinpoints my computers location down to the exact house we're in.
The only WiFi networks in rage are my private one and my neighbour which is secure, so it must be using my wifi network, but how?
Is it using the infamous WiFi network sweep that Google collected when they were making Google Map street view, (but that wouldn't point to the exact house)
Is it using the GPS location that is provided to Apple by my iPhone from when it was connected all the wifi networks it connects to as locations?.
Or does the Mac provide the ISP and wifi address when your connected to the internet and maps Wifi networks like this.
I like most don't read all the pages of terms and conditions when I booted up my Mac for the first time, but the privacy implications of all these possibilities seem quite significant.
(Apple obviously hade mapped the wifi network before I used Find My Mac)
