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Usually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now...
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this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2023
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Your phone simply being in the store with Wi-Fi enabled makes you personally identifiable. A request for your email when they have your location, shopping habits, taste in electronics, estimated address, browsing habits, and your full appearance isn't shocking. That no one has pointed this out yet is a bit eye opening.
Mac address randomization has been enabled by default since Android 10. I would assume iPhone does something similar.
Oh, ok. Thanks for linking it! :)
iOS requires each network to individually be randomized, there’s no singular setting, unfortunately.
Per-network, though, not per-connection.
I feel personally attacked.
I've started using a faraday pouch for everything, from my phone to my car key fob. if you use a device with a masked MAC address in a privacy protecting OS, and don't auto connect to networks otherwise, perhaps it's better.
Buy RFID/NFC shields for all your tap cards in your wallet, these can be used to track your presence
yeah I just switched my wallet and that is why I never used that feature. I literally just found out maybe 3 days ago I have a tap card when the cashier told me. I was horrified. I feel like the time you save tapping as opposed to swiping or inserting isn't worth the security and privacy risks.
these engineers keep making new stuff that's kind of interesting at best but we don't even need that we end up being inconvenienced by. tap cards save .07 seconds but you end up having to protect your card from thieves and extreme tracking by retailers, and it's disgusting. it's time to go back to cash.
That was an interesting read. Didn't know stores were doing that.