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Am I being tinfoil hat grade cynical if my first thought there was "Sure, browsers might not send BSSIDs, but who knows what Android is doing underneath?" I wo
by bigiain 5y ago
Am I being tinfoil hat grade cynical if my first thought there was "Sure, browsers might not send BSSIDs, but who knows what Android is doing underneath?"
I wouldn't bet against Google being capable of exfiltrating BSSIDs via their broad swathe of 'Google Services' most Android devices are running (and probably most iOS devices too).
- kllrnohj 5y agoAndroid is reporting your GPS location along with visible BSSIDs, that's how this database is built and updated (so does Apple on iOS). Both have location privacy controls that govern that, and there's no particular reason to believe they ignore them.
- bigiain 5y agoLike I said, I may be overly cynical, but I do have a particular reason to believe the largest surveillance capitalism and advertising company in the world might be ignoring my privacy preferences... (And Apple might be too, but they've got different motivations and incentives around iOS user privacy that Google for Android users...)