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Other than "geocoder" being incorrectly written as "geocorder", it's correct. That's how the WiFi trilateration systems in cell phones used for determining location work; it's a simple DB lookup plus a small bit of math.

Why exactly? It says that the company was inferring location based on nearby wireless networks. Does your quote not accurately reflect that?

1) geocorder, with a random "r"

2) you don't plug in a BSSID into a geocoder, you would use something like wigle.net to go from BSSID -> lat/long

1) Typos happen

2) That's why geocoder is in quotes. It's a system that performs an operation similar to a geocoder.

What's wrong with it?