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Which is why Android restricts getting the current wifi SSID (WifiManager.getConnectionInfo()) or the nearby wifi SSIDs (WifiManager.getScanResults()) to apps w

by cesarb 8y ago

Which is why Android restricts getting the current wifi SSID (WifiManager.getConnectionInfo()) or the nearby wifi SSIDs (WifiManager.getScanResults()) to apps with the ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION or ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permissions. If an application doesn't have permission to know your location, it's also not allowed to know your wifi network's name.

NicoJuicy 8y ago
Upvoted big, because I was planning to get my SSID name for some sort of Chromecast wifi synchronisation for the devices.
trishmapow2 8y ago
I guess good time to point out XPrivacyLua[0], a privacy/permissions manager which should be default in Android imo (without having to root/install Xposed etc). But for the power users out there, worth it. [0]: https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua
- ipoopatwork 8y ago
  Don't get your hope up like I did. From the readme: Installation Download, install and activate the Xposed framework Download, install and activate the XPrivacyLua module
pjc50 8y ago
.. from Android 8 (!) upwards. (I'm still using a perfectly workable phone that is forever stuck on Android 5)
- crtasm 8y ago
  Does it mean you need to turn on location services as well, or just grant the permission? Noticed recently that WifiAnalyzer on fdroid needed location permissions (and explained why) but I never turn location on so just downgraded to 1.9.3.
- rthomas6 8y ago
  Which phone? If you're willing to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom OS load, you could probably get 8 or at least 7.
  - BenjiWiebe 8y ago
    Not OP, but my 2013 1st Gen Moto X (Verizon) is also stuck on 5(.1) and the bootloader is not unlockable.
angry_octet 8y ago
IP addresses tend to have a relatively long lived association with a subscriber, often weeks. So an app which communicates out the wifi names naturally reveals the IP address (unless there is carrier NAT, i.e. on mobile, in Russia). So with a database of such information, the IP also reveals probable wifi names and hence location.

by cesarb 8y ago

NicoJuicy 8y ago

Upvoted big, because I was planning to get my SSID name for some sort of Chromecast wifi synchronisation for the devices.

trishmapow2 8y ago

I guess good time to point out XPrivacyLua[0], a privacy/permissions manager which should be default in Android imo (without having to root/install Xposed etc). But for the power users out there, worth it. [0]: https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua

ipoopatwork 8y ago
Don't get your hope up like I did. From the readme: Installation Download, install and activate the Xposed framework Download, install and activate the XPrivacyLua module

pjc50 8y ago

.. from Android 8 (!) upwards. (I'm still using a perfectly workable phone that is forever stuck on Android 5)

crtasm 8y ago
Does it mean you need to turn on location services as well, or just grant the permission? Noticed recently that WifiAnalyzer on fdroid needed location permissions (and explained why) but I never turn location on so just downgraded to 1.9.3.
rthomas6 8y ago
Which phone? If you're willing to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom OS load, you could probably get 8 or at least 7.
- BenjiWiebe 8y ago
  Not OP, but my 2013 1st Gen Moto X (Verizon) is also stuck on 5(.1) and the bootloader is not unlockable.

angry_octet 8y ago

IP addresses tend to have a relatively long lived association with a subscriber, often weeks. So an app which communicates out the wifi names naturally reveals the IP address (unless there is carrier NAT, i.e. on mobile, in Russia). So with a database of such information, the IP also reveals probable wifi names and hence location.