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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by cesarb on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:06AM (#18919837)
Which is why Android restricts getting the current wifi SSID (WifiManager.getConnectionInfo()) or the nearby wifi SSIDs (WifiManager.getScanResults()) to apps with the ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION or ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permissions. If an application doesn't have permission to know your location, it's also not allowed to know your wifi network's name.
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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by pjc50 on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @07:00AM (#18920078)
.. from Android 8 (!) upwards.

(I'm still using a perfectly workable phone that is forever stuck on Android 5)

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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by crtasm on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @09:10AM (#18920943)
Does it mean you need to turn on location services as well, or just grant the permission? Noticed recently that WifiAnalyzer on fdroid needed location permissions (and explained why) but I never turn location on so just downgraded to 1.9.3.
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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by rthomas6 on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @11:33AM (#18922247)
Which phone? If you're willing to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom OS load, you could probably get 8 or at least 7.
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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by BenjiWiebe on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @11:49PM (#18928462)
Not OP, but my 2013 1st Gen Moto X (Verizon) is also stuck on 5(.1) and the bootloader is not unlockable.
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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by trishmapow2 on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:25AM (#18919905)
I guess good time to point out XPrivacyLua[0], a privacy/permissions manager which should be default in Android imo (without having to root/install Xposed etc). But for the power users out there, worth it.

[0]: https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua

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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by ipoopatwork on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @07:49AM (#18920332)
Don't get your hope up like I did. From the readme:

     Installation
     Download, install and activate the Xposed framework
     Download, install and activate the XPrivacyLua module
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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by angry_octet on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @09:56AM (#18921314)
IP addresses tend to have a relatively long lived association with a subscriber, often weeks. So an app which communicates out the wifi names naturally reveals the IP address (unless there is carrier NAT, i.e. on mobile, in Russia). So with a database of such information, the IP also reveals probable wifi names and hence location.
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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by NicoJuicy on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:19AM (#18919883)
Upvoted big, because I was planning to get my SSID name for some sort of Chromecast wifi synchronisation for the devices.
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