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

On 2024-09-28 13:39, Arno Welzel wrote:

Enrico Papaloma, 2024-09-19 03:05:
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Remember the home router is always set to not broadcast your BSSID/SSID
pair, which is prudent not for security but for privacy reasons since then
phones don't upload your unique BSSID/SSID pair to Internet databases.

 Why do you think, that the phone won't do this, when it is *connected*
to that SSID?
 

So two things are set which most people don't know why they'd set them.
(1) The home router is set to NOT BROADCAST your unique BSSID/SSID pair.
(2) The phone is set to NOT AUTO CONNECT to any known wi-fi access points.
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Those are set for privacy.
Not for security.

 What has auto-connect to do with privacy if you are using your own WiFi
network?

Because he hides his router SSID so that google doesn't map his WiFi to his house⁽¹⁾. That way autoconnect doesn't happen. His phone has to actively search for the home WiFi in order to connect to it.
(1) The phones of passerbys detect the SSID of the WiFis they hear on the street, and google maps them. This is used so that a phone in the world can know where it is by identifying the SSIDs in the vicinity. And inside buildings, by identifying certain BT emitters. Some people consider this an invasion of their privacy. And others, like our friend, dislike that phones are passively listening and mapping locations and that people do not massively disable this feature.

Most people don't understand the difference, but the end result is if you
leave auto connect on the default setting, then your phone will constantly
shout out your unique BSSID/SSID pair everywhere you go in the world.

 Do you have a source where one can learn more about this?
 

That allows anyone with even minimum skills to track your every movement.
I don't want that.

 With even "minimum skills"? How?

He is Arlen :-)
He has mentioned those things many times, only interesting if you are similarly minded. Very impractical, contrary to what he says. Like the phone not connecting to the home router automatically and fast.
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Cheers, Carlos.