On Android and iOS, apps can get a list of visible BSSIDs without special permissions (on Android 10 and later, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION is required).
The tech is thwarted without this permission. Unless browsers also share BSSIDs on laptops. Probably chromium does and Firefox followed suit because of Google money
I feel like with WebRTC API it is already possible to fingerprint the network so no need for BSSID. They just need the database of that instead of BSSID
Thwarted in what sense? The vast majority of users on the planet blindly accept fine location permissions for every single app, I think that will make most users of this tech happy enough.
The tech is thwarted without this permission. Unless browsers also share BSSIDs on laptops. Probably chromium does and Firefox followed suit because of Google money
I feel like with WebRTC API it is already possible to fingerprint the network so no need for BSSID. They just need the database of that instead of BSSID
Thwarted in what sense? The vast majority of users on the planet blindly accept fine location permissions for every single app, I think that will make most users of this tech happy enough.