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trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Usually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now...

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Usually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now...

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trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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    Your phone simply being in the store with Wi-Fi enabled makes you personally identifiable. A request for your email when they have your location, shopping habits, taste in electronics, estimated address, browsing habits, and your full appearance isn’t shocking. That no one has pointed this out yet is a bit eye opening.

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      Mac address randomization has been enabled by default since Android 10. I would assume iPhone does something similar.

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        Oh, ok. Thanks for linking it! :)

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        Per-network, though, not per-connection.

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        iOS requires each network to individually be randomized, there’s no singular setting, unfortunately.

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      “If you are an angry man of 30, and it is Friday evening, it may offer you a bottle of whiskey,” said Ekaterina Savchenko, the company’s head of > marketing.

      I feel personally attacked.

      I’ve started using a faraday pouch for everything, from my phone to my car key fob. if you use a device with a masked MAC address in a privacy protecting OS, and don’t auto connect to networks otherwise, perhaps it’s better.

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        Buy RFID/NFC shields for all your tap cards in your wallet, these can be used to track your presence

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      That was an interesting read. Didn’t know stores were doing that.

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