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annnnd on Sept 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Beginner's Guide to Wi-fi Interception

Potential solution on OS level: 1) when connecting to a network for the first time, remember its location 2) only send out those SSIDs that belong to networks which are close to your current location

Does anything like that exist? Maybe for Android?

stingraycharles on Sept 20, 2013 [–]

How would that work with location unaware devices?

ZoF on Sept 20, 2013 | [–]

It wouldn't.

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