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They only need to slip up once and connect to facebook for it to unmask the employee from their device. I highly suspect they are not as anonymous as they think
by WestCoastJustin 8y ago
They only need to slip up once and connect to facebook for it to unmask the employee from their device. I highly suspect they are not as anonymous as they think. Especially if they are connecting to an internal guest wifi at the office. You can get so much from metadata that you almost don't even need to know the content. Guess it all depends on how good their internal logs are at connecting wifi access macs with facebook logs. I'd wager it's pretty good as they already do this type of stuff to guess who your friends might be based on access proximity.
- JustSomeNobody 8y agoThey don't even have to slip up. If someone they are communicating with does, they'll be found out.
- dbatten 8y agoI recently man-in-the-middled a smartphone (I won't mention the manufacturer) for work purposes. It was factory reset, with no apps installed (other than what ships with the phone). Started hitting Facebook APIs within seconds of each boot. I had no words.
- r00fus 8y agoSo it must be the default OS - why don't you reveal the manufacturer? Clearly an FB app in some form is bundled.
- casefields 8y agoClearly an Android, since Apple removed that weird Facebook/Twitter integration in the early days.
- jplayer01 8y agoCompanies like this should be named and shamed. It's the only power we have as consumers.
- dbatten 8y agoI don't disagree, but I didn't find this in my capacity as a consumer - I found it in my capacity as an employee of a wireless company that has a relationship with this manufacturer. Since I'm using my real identity on here and I've mentioned who my employer is in the past, I don't feel at liberty to divulge anything.