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Google delays its upgraded Find My Device network until Apple can add safety alerts (www.theverge.com)
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Also, Android users will soon begin seeing notifications for unknown item trackers that are traveling with them — no separate app downloads or installs required.

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[–] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Is this saying that Google will get every device to log every Bluetooth device it detects, just in case one of them is then reported as missing? Like, what in the holy overreach stalker BS is this?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Remember that Google Streetview cars were sniffing Wifi networks back in 2010.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    For what purpose? And also what does sniffing mean in this context? Just like.. finding them, or trying to connect to insecure ones or what?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    From what I recall they were saving all the packets being broadcast as they drove past. (as opposed to only logging SSIDs)

    Edit: Yup, it is as I had thought - but also it was more intentional than I had remembered: https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/

    (unpaywalled link) https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fgoogle-wifi-fcc-investigation%2F

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