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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by chatmasta on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @10:55AM (#17082885)
Every app that has access to nearby WiFi SSIDs (or even just the one you’re connected to) can also turn this data into location data.

In fact I don’t think that is even a gated permission on iOS.

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by gergles on Thursday May 17, 2018 @10:42AM (#17091655)
This isn't a user-gated permission but an Apple-gated one. Apps can't retrieve the nearby SSID list unless they have the "Hotspot Helper" entitlement from Apple. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/n...
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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by chatmasta on Thursday May 17, 2018 @01:07PM (#17093166)
Good to know, but that’s only marginally better, as a malicious app developer only needs to come up with a legitimate reason for the entitlement.
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