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[Robert Park <robert.park@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At the end, the only action he suggests is to clear remembered
networks from your phone so they don't scan for those networks.

Can somebody explain to me why phones are scanning for networks in the
first place? Isn't it the routers job to advertise its presence and
then the phone can just passively listen for what signals it gets?


On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 4:14 AM,  <gwmfms06@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wifi Privacy Police is a smartphone app that should exist on the Desktop.
> Nice video that explains the privacy/security implications of how
> Desktops/Smartphones handle Wifi networks:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GpNhYy2l08
>
> Ubuntu should address these privacy/security issues, not just on
> Ubuntu-Touch but also on the Desktop.
>
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