Mozilla Location Service
Mozilla Location Service (MLS) is open, crowdsourced geolocation service based on publicly observable cell sites (and their cell IDs) and Wi-Fi access points.[1] The service is provided by Mozilla since 2013.[2]
In November 2015 MLS had collected more than 17 million unique cell networks and 427 million unique WiFi networks.[3] The mobile app Mozilla Stumbler for Android is available in the Google Play store[4] and on F-Droid.[5]
Mozilla does not collect the SSID name (e.g. "Simpson-family-wifi") from WiFi networks, but collects the BSSID (which is often the MAC address of the WiFi device).[6] To allow opt-out, Mozilla's client applications do not collect information about WiFi access points whose SSID is hidden or ends with the string "_nomap" (e.g. "Simpson-family-wifi_nomap").[7]
Mozilla publishes aggregated data set of cell locations (MLS Cell Network Export Data[8]) under a public domain license (CC-0).[6] This does not include the raw database, because the underlying data contains personally identifiable information from both the users uploading data and from the owners of WiFi devices.[6]
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References
- ^ "Mozilla's Location Service pilot project provides geolocation lookups based on public cell tower and WiFi data". The Next Web. 2013-10-28. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Combain Provides Cell-ID and WiFi Positioning to Mozilla (Podcast)". GPS Business News. 2015-03-10. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ MLS stats, accessed November 2015
- ^ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.mozstumbler Play store
- ^ https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.mozilla.mozstumbler
- ^ a b c https://wiki.mozilla.org/CloudServices/Location/FAQ [1]
- ^ Mozilla Location Service Opt-Out location.services.mozilla.com
- ^ https://location.services.mozilla.com/downloads
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