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Re:One Billion Apples’ Secret Sauce: Recipe for Apple Wirele... by samstave on Sunday September 30, 2018 @12:58PM (#18106992)
so in the future - you can "war pop-up" random wifi's owners - by simply attempting to connect to the wifi and forcing a pop-up that says "Share wifi password with 'Save 15% of Geico's iPhone?"
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Re:One Billion Apples’ Secret Sauce: Recipe for Apple Wirele... by jeromegv on Sunday September 30, 2018 @01:10PM (#18107066)
No. It only works when you have each other within your Contacts list.

https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/share-your-wifi-password-wi...

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Re:One Billion Apples’ Secret Sauce: Recipe for Apple Wirele... by justtopost on Sunday September 30, 2018 @05:22PM (#18108488)
So are they tracking your contacts or can you spoof it from your phone? If one is not possible the other should be.
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Re:One Billion Apples’ Secret Sauce: Recipe for Apple Wirele... by tinus_hn on Monday October 01, 2018 @01:10AM (#18110187)
On iPhone you have an iMessage acccount which is tied to the phone number. It can be done on the device, so it probably is.
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