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I went war-driving on a whim today. You wouldn't believe how much personal information your car leaks out. I saw names like "Drew's Chevy" and Oscar's Audi S5".

I locked my car down as much as possible when I got it.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Silly question but what are you talking about?

Where did you see names?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

There are a few pieces of war-driving software available on F-Droid. I just started one up to log my trip home for Flock cameras, and caught a ton of vehicle WiFi chatter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Water diving?

Anyway I don't really see Wifi as much of a privacy risk. There are way more concerning things than Wifi. For Wifi to be attacked you need very specific conditions one of those being close proximity.

In the past you could've used Wifi for physical tracking when people visited a place but now MAC address randomization is a thing and modern devices do not broadcast discover frames for Wifi.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I don't really see Wifi as much of a privacy risk.

When you put your name on the WiFi, and combine that with your license plate being visible to everyone. That's a lot of personal information that you're leaking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Water diving?

That was an Auto-Incorrect.