cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36285135
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36285037
What the fuck
No idea what the protest in question was about, but this is a reminder to never connect to a university wifi network again
No, its a reminder to turn on the built in security features in your devices like non persistent MAC address randomization.
I dont know how it is on stock android, but when you only turn on normal MAC randomization for a connection, then it will create a random MAC for that network but that random MAC will stay the same indefinitely. So you could still be tracked across a wifi mesh like a campus network. To prevent that you need to turn on both MAC randomization for the campus wifi connection and this system setting shown in the last screenshot which will randomize the MAC every time you reconnect to a network that has randomization enabled.
These aren’t open wifi connections where any of this would help, you connect using your university credentials.
Thats true i guess, i didnt consider that because i use shared credentials with a bunch of people on my campus.
No idea what the protest in question was about
The protests were in relation to Palestine/Israel:
This isn’t as directly tied to people’s identities, but trams in Sydney also collect device data via wifi: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-18/transport-nsw-light-rail-data-collection-raises-privacy-concerns/104559538
ffs I thought having my WiFi off in public was being overly cautious. Now even the public transport is monitoring it.
Never. Connect. To public. Wifi.
You don’t - and can’t - connect to wifi on the trams. It doesn’t provide internet connection, it just logs devices that have their wifi turned on and scanning for wifi networks.
From the article:
To opt out of the trial, passengers must either have wi-fi capabilities turned off on their devices before they get on the light rail or give their MAC address within three hours of it being collected by filling out an online form.
Oh someone needs to be beaten to death for that one
