In-depth Academics have shown how Apple's Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) can be abused to create a global privacy nightmare.… In a paper titled, "Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based ...

Android and iOS devices rely on the Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS ... themselves using Wi-Fi routers as landmarks,” Rye said. “Apple, Google, Microsoft, Skyhook, and Mozilla all maintain ...