How Your WiFi is Betraying You

Assange once said, “A mobile phone is a tracking device that also makes calls”. He’s not wrong. There are countless ways that phones track our movements, and one of them is via WiFi probe requests.In this video we explain how your phone automatically connects to your WiFi whenever you return home or to your favorite coffee shop, and why it leaves your device vulnerable to all kinds of attacks and surveillance -- it can allow people to maliciously intercept your internet traffic, track you, or find out personal information about you.Main takeaways:Turn your WiFi OFF when you're not using itDon't automatically connect to WiFi networksForget networks after joining themKeep your OS and device updated00:00 Intro01:00 How WiFi connections work04:29 Hidden networks05:49 Why broadcasting SSIDs is a privacy nightmare: Tracking07:45 Why broadcasting SSIDs is a privacy nightmare: Exposes Private Info09:06 MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE VIDEO: malicious connections11:03 How to protect yourself13:11 SummaryResearch paper from Johanna Ansohn McDougall:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.03745.pdfVideo from Modern Rogue:https://youtu.be/NkNgW3TwMy8Brought to you by NBTV members: Lee Rennie, Will Sandoval, and Naomi BrockwellTo support NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support(tax-deductible in the US)Sign up for the free CryptoBeat newsletter here:https://cryptobeat.substack.com/Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice.Visit the NBTV website:https://nbtv.mediaSupport the show