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It's very very possible, although may need some changes to wpa_supplicant to happen. Anyone know if Apple patented this?
by voltagex_ 12y ago
It's very very possible, although may need some changes to wpa_supplicant to happen.
Anyone know if Apple patented this?
- ChrisClark 12y agoThere is an Android app that will do this for you, if you have root. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.pryfi https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.p...
- voltagex_ 12y agoAha! What would we do without Chainfire? This is really something that needs to be baked-in at OS level though. I hope Google catches up. Edit: Star this issue - http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=71084 http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=71084
- lstamour 12y agoIf they did... This is one patent that should be openly, freely licensed in the public interest. This feature alone would be enough for me to switch full-time to an iPhone 6 from my Nexus 5.
- zilian 12y agoIf you think you'll have more privacy with iPhones... you'll be disappointed.
- lstamour 12y agoI'd have more privacy without a phone, but we all make tradeoffs. In this case, iOS offers distinct advantages not yet advertised in Android or Windows Phone. Of course, my privacy depends on many factors, including the apps I choose to use. But Apple's clear improvements to location tracking, with popups to further allow background location checking both enhances privacy and battery life. I'll still leak data like crazy, but at least the NSA won't have quite as much context, and non-NSA players like advertisers, lesser still.