cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36285135
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36285037
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Australian university(University of Melbourne) used Wi-Fi location data to identify student protestors
Submitted 7 months ago by VagueDirector@aussie.zone to australia@aussie.zone
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VagueDirector@aussie.zone 7 months ago
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months 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.
quinkin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
These aren’t open wifi connections where any of this would help, you connect using your university credentials.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 7 months ago
No idea what the protest in question was about
The protests were in relation to Palestine/Israel:
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 7 months ago
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
eureka@aussie.zone 7 months ago
ffs I thought having my WiFi off in public was being overly cautious. Now even the public transport is monitoring it.
Taleya@aussie.zone 7 months ago
Never. Connect. To public. Wifi.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 7 months ago
You don’t - and can’t - connect to wifi on the trams. It doesn’t provide an internet, it just logs devices that have their wifi turned on and scanning for wifi networks.
From the article: