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, <[email protected]> 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. > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
