▲ 676 ▼ Usually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now... (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 224 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gullible@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago (3 children) Your phone simply being in the store with Wi-Fi enabled makes you personally identifiable. A request for your email when they have your location, shopping habits, taste in electronics, estimated address, browsing habits, and your full appearance isn't shocking. That no one has pointed this out yet is a bit eye opening. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (3 children) Mac address randomization has been enabled by default since Android 10. I would assume iPhone does something similar. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* Oh, ok. Thanks for linking it! :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] gullible@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago iOS requires each network to individually be randomized, there’s no singular setting, unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Per-network, though, not per-connection. permalink fedilink source parent [+] DocBlaze@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Buy RFID/NFC shields for all your tap cards in your wallet, these can be used to track your presence permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] DocBlaze@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] ashtrix@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago That was an interesting read. Didn't know stores were doing that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (3 children) Mac address randomization has been enabled by default since Android 10. I would assume iPhone does something similar. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* Oh, ok. Thanks for linking it! :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] gullible@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago iOS requires each network to individually be randomized, there’s no singular setting, unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Per-network, though, not per-connection. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* Oh, ok. Thanks for linking it! :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gullible@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago iOS requires each network to individually be randomized, there’s no singular setting, unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Per-network, though, not per-connection. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] DocBlaze@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Buy RFID/NFC shields for all your tap cards in your wallet, these can be used to track your presence permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] DocBlaze@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Buy RFID/NFC shields for all your tap cards in your wallet, these can be used to track your presence permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] DocBlaze@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] DocBlaze@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ashtrix@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago That was an interesting read. Didn't know stores were doing that. permalink fedilink source parent