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i am located in Germany and my phone indicates the WiFi calling feature in the status bar. I never signed up for this and thus never provided any address. I wou
by mercora 6y ago
i am located in Germany and my phone indicates the WiFi calling feature in the status bar. I never signed up for this and thus never provided any address. I would guess my phone is still connected to the cell network in parallel and thus locateable anyhow. i can see IPsec traffic from my phone in traffic captures...
- kop316 6y ago> I never signed up for this and thus never provided any address. It is an option in both Android and iOS. Android has a proprietary library that is put in there (I don't know anything past that for how Android handles it). If I were to guess, your network provider has your home address and used that? but e911 is a USA thing, I don't know Germany's equivalent laws. I would assume the IPsec traffic is the WiFi Calling feature? But I don't know.
- mercora 6y ago> If I were to guess, your network provider has your home address and used that? they would have to know what access point is at my home too. > but e911 is a USA thing, I don't know Germany's equivalent laws. me neither. i know we have "eCall" for car emergencies but i am somewhat certain there are similar requirements here... the thing is i never seen this work without having a cellular connection too. > I would assume the IPsec traffic is the WiFi Calling feature? yes it is. i can see packets flowing when receiving a call for example... the destination/origin of these packets is into my providers network...