m-p{3}@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.org · 11 months agoGoogle delays its upgraded Find My Device network until Apple can add safety alertswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technews
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Also, Android users will soon begin seeing notifications for unknown item trackers that are traveling with them — no separate app downloads or installs required.
minus-squarezhunk@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoRemember that Google Streetview cars were sniffing Wifi networks back in 2010.
minus-squareApathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoFor what purpose? And also what does sniffing mean in this context? Just like… finding them, or trying to connect to insecure ones or what?
minus-squareAbraNidoran@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-211 months agoFrom what I recall they were saving all the packets being broadcast as they drove past. (as opposed to only logging SSIDs) Edit: Yup, it is as I had thought - but also it was more intentional than I had remembered: https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/ (unpaywalled link) https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fgoogle-wifi-fcc-investigation%2F
Remember that Google Streetview cars were sniffing Wifi networks back in 2010.
For what purpose? And also what does sniffing mean in this context? Just like… finding them, or trying to connect to insecure ones or what?
From what I recall they were saving all the packets being broadcast as they drove past. (as opposed to only logging SSIDs)
Edit: Yup, it is as I had thought - but also it was more intentional than I had remembered: https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/
(unpaywalled link) https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fgoogle-wifi-fcc-investigation%2F