Re: home screen icon to connect to wi-fi network

Enrico Papaloma <enrico@papaloma.net> wrote:

On 9/19/2024 8:09 AM, VanguardLH wrote:
 

That is not the same as identifying your phone which is the
purpose of IMEI in your phone to let carriers know you have permission
via account status to use their service.

 
When you go to the local marijuana shop on Monday, if your home router was
set up for privacy, then your phone broadcasted your unique BSSID of
01100100 01100101 01100001 01100100 01100010 01100101 01100101 01100110
01100011 01100001 01100110 01100101.
 
Worse, if you have more than one home access point, your phone broadcast
the unique 96-character BSSID of every one of your home access points.

Your phone will broadcast *all* WAPs that you've ever connected to (and not
removed). There's no way for the shop - even if they cared - to identify
which WAP is your home one. Even if they had a global database look-up of
all BSSIDs and geographical addresses. With the exception of if you only
ever connect to a single WAP which is your home.