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You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes (gizmodo.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (3 children)

... What? You think WiFi is anonymous?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

It can sometimes triangulate you better than the cell towers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

WiFi isn't as safe as they apparently think it is lol

If the SSID you connect to is unique enough, there's a site that can literally pinpoint your location. If you have any other SSIDs around you, it's basically guaranteed. That's why there's a bunch of apps that log the SSIDs around you, to get your location without having to ask.

That's not even considering the entire rest of WiFi that's not anonymous

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

If you randomize your Mac address (which is default on GrapheneOS and Fedora now) you are pretty anonymous to the wifi network.

Of course websites see where you are, they always do that. Use Tor or a VPN.