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Google delays its upgraded Find My Device network until Apple can add safety alerts (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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