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Sune Lehmann
Case in point: My group has just released a new preprint (get it here) that shows how the WiFi information routinely collected by your smartphone can easily be converted to precise information about your location. WiFi routers reveal where you live, work, and spend your leisure time.
While your phone may have told you that WiFi helps “improve location accuracy”, it may come as a surprise that:
A majority of apps in the store have access to the list of routers around you (scanned every 20 seconds).Your Android smartphone by default scans for WiFi routers even if you disable WiFi.
Learn more:
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/dangers-of-wifi-in-public-places/
Via Gust MEES
Case in point: My group has just released a new preprint (get it here) that shows how the WiFi information routinely collected by your smartphone can easily be converted to precise information about your location. WiFi routers reveal where you live, work, and spend your leisure time.
While your phone may have told you that WiFi helps “improve location accuracy”, it may come as a surprise that:
Learn more:
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/dangers-of-wifi-in-public-places/