[AusNOG] Android storing SSID and WPA encryption keys

[Phillip Grasso]

why did you let the facts ruin a story.... everyone knows the bogey man is
out there.


On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Cody Miller <kizmet at kizmet.id.au> wrote:

> on the CLUG (Canberra Linux Users Group) a cross post of this got the
> following response.
>
>
> On 6/16/2011 8:57 PM, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir wrote:
>  > Yep. Android asks you if it can do this when you set up your Google
>  > account for the first time on a device.... that is you can synchronize
>  > your wifi settings ONLY after you have used your credentials. Other
>  > android devices can't just download every wifi WPA2 key in the world.
>  >
>  > I'm sure the author wishes he had uncovered some huge conspiracy but
>  > unfortunately he simply didn't read the screen where it clearly says
>  > "wifi passwords" and you can opt out right then and there
>  > http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/features/3275100/step4.jpg
>  > (In his comments he admits several times he logged in to his google
>  > account and accuses google of not providing an opt out - PEBSAC)
>  >
>  > It should be mentioned that both iOS and Android do provide an option
>  > to send data about scanned wifi access points and their location (GPS
>  > or cell phone tower triangulation) back to Apple/Google so they can
>  > use that to improve location detection. See page 6 of
>  >
>
> http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2011/04/applemarkeybarton7-12-10.pdf
>  > for details on the Apple side.
>
>
> On 6/16/2011 9:08 PM, Don Gould wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 16/06/2011 11:02 p.m., Bevan Slattery wrote:
> >> Am I the only one that thinks there's something wrong with that concept?
> >
> > What are you suggesting?  That Google have some sort of car with wifi
> > gear that could pull up outside our place and listen in?
> >
> > D
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