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Does that actually do anything? I thought it was trivial to detect those.
by Viper007Bond 10y ago
Does that actually do anything? I thought it was trivial to detect those.
- mike-cardwell 10y agoIt does do something yes. The complete opposite of what you want. When a modern phone connects to a non-hidden wifi access point for the first time, it remembers it can connect to that and passively listens for it to announce it's self in future. When a modern phone connects to a hidden wifi access point for the first time, it remembers that it can connect to that access point, and also that it wont receive any announcements about it's presence in future. So how does it auto-connect in future? By constantly shouting "ARE YOU THERE HIDDEN ACCESS POINT NAMED FOO?". Making you even easier to track.
- Sir_Cmpwn 10y agoCan the auto-connect be turned off? Perhaps scripted to try when your GPS coordinates get close enough to your house?
- mike-cardwell 10y agoA device could be made to work that way. I'm not aware of any that have that feature built in. You could certainly use something like Llama to turn wifi on or off depending on where you are located, but that isn't quite what you asked for. I don't know if Android or iOS have APIs available for an app to automatically add/remove wifi networks, but if they do, then that would be useful for achieving what you suggest.