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re: How does an IPhone know where my car is parked?
Posted on 9/27/16 at 10:19 pm to rocket31
Posted on 9/27/16 at 10:19 pm to rocket31
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It took until 2016 for apple to put this into their phones?
The iPhone has been vulnerable to iBeacon tracking dating back to 2010.
Android phones started supporting similar technology in 2013.
This post was edited on 9/27/16 at 10:26 pm
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Posted on 9/27/16 at 11:19 pm to Sisyphus
Mine on Android isn't tied to Bluetooth and is extremely accurate, unless you're in a garage.
The reason I know it's not tied to Bluetooth is one time I took an Uber and it told me I may have parked there. However, it still knew where my car was actually parked.
The reason I know it's not tied to Bluetooth is one time I took an Uber and it told me I may have parked there. However, it still knew where my car was actually parked.
Posted on 9/27/16 at 11:23 pm to Spankum
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I'll have to check after I ride somewhere with someone else to see if it still gives me the location of my own car or not.
You can't be serious
Posted on 9/27/16 at 11:24 pm to Sisyphus
What does ibeacon have to do with this?
Posted on 9/27/16 at 11:32 pm to junkfunky
I've walked across the GNO a few times in that case 
This post was edited on 9/27/16 at 11:33 pm
Posted on 9/28/16 at 12:21 am to MrSmith
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What does ibeacon have to do with this?
Likely nothing but is is an effective way to use bluetooth as a microlocating service and can typically be done without your knowledge.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 12:23 am to southernelite
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Mine on Android isn't tied to Bluetooth and is extremely accurate, unless you're in a garage.
Like I said before, the chances that bluetooth is the exploited technology being used is very low. It is much more likely to be the other methods I mentioned on page 1.
Edit because it is late:
This sounds like a combination of technologies. Last previous "handshake" with a known bluetooth network + GPS tracking (to know where YOUR car was) plus GPS tracking working alone to know where you were currently. (You had to enable GPS for Uber to find you)
This is just a guess based on how I would do it.
This post was edited on 9/28/16 at 12:32 am
Posted on 9/28/16 at 12:27 am to Spankum
If you went from 50 MPH on the highway to 10 MPH in a parking lot then to 0 MPH then started walking 3 MPH, it figures from your GPS location that you were driving, turned into the parking lot, parked, got out, and started walking, hence that's probably your parking spot
Posted on 9/28/16 at 2:32 am to Spankum
Steve Jobs in heaven.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 2:43 am to Pintail
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Ha this would never work in Baton Rouge
Built in step counter can tell this difference between steps and slow traffic
Posted on 9/28/16 at 6:34 am to Spankum
I see you car!
Posted on 9/28/16 at 6:42 am to Spankum
The same way my ANDROID phone does. It measures you gps signal and speed to determine the last place you stopped.
This post was edited on 9/28/16 at 6:43 am
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