Comment on European Commission launching #Wifi4EU initative, 93k high-speed private access points across the EU, free of charge.

• kokesh@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They want to be able to read all the communications. So whether you transport your data via https or not has nothing to do with this.

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  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    • Not all internet traffic is chats

    • If they have backdoor access to chats it doesn’t matter if you use their WiFi or not.

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      To be fair (op seems tech illiterate but he might have a point) you could track MAC addresses. My phone randomise my MAC but maybe every phone doesn’t ?

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      • Kage@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        AFAIK every semi-modern phone does mac address randomisation now

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      • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        What will tracking MACs give them? They will now that such and such MAC address connected to such and such WiFi router. What will they do with it? What is the risk here?

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      • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I wouldn’t be concern about the MAC addresses but about the app mentioned in the article. Why do you need an app for this? What data will it collect about you?

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