Comment by radicality
5 months ago
iOS definitely requires Precise location permission allowed for the app to see your WiFi name / ssid and other WiFi around you
5 months ago
iOS definitely requires Precise location permission allowed for the app to see your WiFi name / ssid and other WiFi around you
But all it takes is one app with that permission to tie you to all the others. And there are always apps that need your location at some point to provide useful data. At this point I’m not sure there’s any single app I trust.
> apps that need your location
And, triangulating client's public IP address will also give away location with decent precision: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37507355
btw, we need a securephones.io [0] part 2 focusing on apps.
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