Comment by gergles
8 years ago
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...
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.