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

• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      AFAIK every semi-modern phone does mac address randomisation now

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    • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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      • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Your MAC is unique to your *physical" device so there’s that, also you could track movement globally. I guess there are other things I’m not thinking about but 2 just on top of my head is clearly 2 too many IMO.

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