XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.privacy   
   From: nobody@oscarmayer.com   
      
   On Thu, 30 May 2024 07:35:14 -0400, Alan Browne wrote:   
      
   >> You can say privacy is a non issue but doesn't Apple advertise it?   
   >   
   > Context: BSSID   
   > Privacy: BSSID's are openly broadcast for a reason.   
      
   In every paper they discuss that Apple is the problem, not the BSSID.   
      
   "In this work, we show that Apple's WPS can be abused to create a privacy   
   threat on a global scale." [https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14975]   
      
   > Not an Apple issue.   
      
   Then why is everyone who understands it reporting that it's very much an   
   Apple issue.   
      
    "Academic researchers have criticized Apple for enabling stalkers and   
   warlords. An unrestricted Apple API endpoint allows for easy tracking of   
   almost any vendor's Wi-Fi access point location."   
   í° [https://securityboulevard.com/2024/05/apple-wi-fi-location-p   
   ivacy-richixbw/]   
      
    "Apple will provide your WiFi location to anyone sending a query, and   
   researchers demonstrated that "an unprivileged, weak attacker" - in other   
   words, anyone - can exploit Apple's WiFi-based positioning system (WPS) to   
   perform global mass surveillance."   
   í° [https://cybernews.com/privacy/apple-beams-wifi-location-data-privacy-risk/]   
      
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