cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36285135
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36285037
This isn’t as directly tied to people’s identities, but trams in Sydney also collect device data via wifi: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-18/…/104559538
Australian university(University of Melbourne) used Wi-Fi location data to identify student protestors
Submitted 12 hours ago by VagueDirector@aussie.zone to australia@aussie.zone
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zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Taleya@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Never. Connect. To public. Wifi.
VagueDirector@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
What the fuck
Reminder to never connect to a university wifi network again
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 11 hours ago
No, its a reminder to turn on the built in security features in your devices like per use MAC address randomization.
I dont know how it is on stock android, but when you turn on normal MAC randomization for a connection, then it will create a random MAC for that network but it will stay the same for that network indefinitely. So you could still be tracked across campus. To prevent that you need to turn on this setting show in the screenshot which will randomize the MAC every time you reconnect to a network with randomization enabled.
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quinkin@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
These aren’t open wifi connections where any of this would help, you connect using your university credentials.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
The protests were in relation to Palestine/Israel: