Comments by "Misty Culous" (@mistyculous9644) on "Android without Google? How is that Possible?" video.

  1. No, Rob is in a boat.
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  2. Your location is still being tracked via hardware WiFi triangulation, because every "dumb phone" now has WiFi.
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  3. You're confusing the SIM cell card with the Internet via WiFi. Google is getting info of your actions, without you starting any software at all, even though you do not have a SIM phone number. Your phone's hardware is sending your location to Google by seeking possible WiFi networks to connect to - you cannot turn this off. (As you have discovered, your ability to connect with WiFi has nothing to do with a SIM phone number ability.) The list Rob made at 10:08 is what is being broadcast by your phone while being connected to Internet via WiFi at the restaurant. Doesn't matter if you're signed into Google or not. If you want to stop and/or mitigate this, you can binge-watch this channel. (There are free things you can do.)
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