> that's just Google deciding that it wants to know your IP whenever you connect to a network. No, it's Google wanting Android users to be notified when they s

> that's just Google deciding that it wants to know your IP whenever you connect to a network. No, it's Google wanting Android users to be notified when they sign in to a wifi network that uses a captive portal, rather than having all network requests silently fail because they're being redirected. Fixing the (generally terrible) user experience of captive portals is the primary goal of this feature. Any data collection is secondary.