[AusNOG] Android storing SSID and WPA encryption keys

[Mark Smith]

On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:26:03 +1000
Phillip Grasso <phillip.grasso at gmail.com> wrote:

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

By the sound of it, he's moved out into "the cloud".

> 
> 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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