▲ 144 ▼ You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes (gizmodo.com) submitted 2 years ago by catculation@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 111 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (3 children) ... What? You think WiFi is anonymous? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago It can sometimes triangulate you better than the cell towers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago If you randomize your Mac address (which is default on GrapheneOS and Fedora now) you are pretty anonymous to the wifi network. Of course websites see where you are, they always do that. Use Tor or a VPN. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago* WiFi isn't as safe as they apparently think it is lol If the SSID you connect to is unique enough, there's a site that can literally pinpoint your location. If you have any other SSIDs around you, it's basically guaranteed. That's why there's a bunch of apps that log the SSIDs around you, to get your location without having to ask. That's not even considering the entire rest of WiFi that's not anonymous permalink fedilink source parent
[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago It can sometimes triangulate you better than the cell towers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago If you randomize your Mac address (which is default on GrapheneOS and Fedora now) you are pretty anonymous to the wifi network. Of course websites see where you are, they always do that. Use Tor or a VPN. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago* WiFi isn't as safe as they apparently think it is lol If the SSID you connect to is unique enough, there's a site that can literally pinpoint your location. If you have any other SSIDs around you, it's basically guaranteed. That's why there's a bunch of apps that log the SSIDs around you, to get your location without having to ask. That's not even considering the entire rest of WiFi that's not anonymous permalink fedilink source parent