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>will give the next generation of smartphones 30-centimeter accuracy instead of today’s 5-meters Didn't the US scramble the civilian signals specifically so it wouldn't be too accurate? And they're just okay with civilians having access to ultra accurate GPS receivers?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_analysis_for_the_Global_...
I may just be a super-cynical ad-tech exile, but I see this as a path to getting shown more ridiculously well-targeted ads based on the places and stores I've been in. Beacons haven't taken off and I'm glad they haven't. I'd really prefer a GPS in my phone with a similar granularity to the one I have now. Google's notifications that I should review places I've been are creepy enough.
It's almost as though using a phone whose operating system is created and maintained by an advertising company isn't the best idea if you want to keep things like your location private.
I may just be a super-cynical ad-tech exile, but I see this as a path to getting shown more ridiculously well-targeted ads based on the places and stores I've been in. Beacons haven't taken off and I'm glad they haven't. I'd really prefer a GPS in my phone with a similar granularity to the one I have now. Google's notifications that I should review places I've been are creepy enough.
The difference between 5m accuracy and 30cm accuracy isn't terribly important if you're just trying to tell what building someone is in, and it won't improve in-building accuracy. I can't think of anything sketchy that it enables that someone couldn't do already.
I may just be a super-cynical ad-tech exile, but I see this as a path to getting shown more ridiculously well-targeted ads based on the places and stores I've been in. Beacons haven't taken off and I'm glad they haven't. I'd really prefer a GPS in my phone with a similar granularity to the one I have now. Google's notifications that I should review places I've been are creepy enough.
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But that's client side right? What's preventing someone from implementing a GPS receiver using a SDR that doesn't have those restrictions?
Nothing at all: http://www.aholme.co.uk/GPS/Main.htm
I may just be a super-cynical ad-tech exile, but I see this as a path to getting shown more ridiculously well-targeted ads based on the places and stores I've been in. Beacons haven't taken off and I'm glad they haven't. I'd really prefer a GPS in my phone with a similar granularity to the one I have now. Google's notifications that I should review places I've been are creepy enough.
All the more reason for people to switch from Android to Apple ecosystem.
I may just be a super-cynical ad-tech exile, but I see this as a path to getting shown more ridiculously well-targeted ads based on the places and stores I've been in. Beacons haven't taken off and I'm glad they haven't. I'd really prefer a GPS in my phone with a similar granularity to the one I have now. Google's notifications that I should review places I've been are creepy enough.
It's almost as though using a phone whose operating system is created and maintained by an advertising company isn't the best idea if you want to keep things like your location private.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's almost as though using a phone whose operating system is created and maintained by an advertising company isn't the best idea if you want to keep things like your location private.
Apple is also an advertising company - they have unique IDs with your personal information pinned to them, and they sell ads based on your location, too.