2014-07-04, 17:29
Hi
According to this post, some Android devices are/may be leaking their wifi connection information to naughty people within wifi range.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/yo...youve-been
a temporary solution according to the link is to
Note the naughty person has to be with wifi range of your device.
good luck
PS read the footnotes
Many laptops are affected, including all OS X laptops and many Windows 7 laptops
Now I expect to be swamped by CPA members wanting help to convert their lappies to Linux.......I don't think so!
but the offer stands I suppose.
good luck to you as well
According to this post, some Android devices are/may be leaking their wifi connection information to naughty people within wifi range.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/yo...youve-been
a temporary solution according to the link is to
Quote:go into your phone’s “Advanced Wi-Fi” settings and set the “Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep” option to “Never”. Unfortunately this will cause a moderate increase in data usage and power consumption
Note the naughty person has to be with wifi range of your device.
good luck
PS read the footnotes
Many laptops are affected, including all OS X laptops and many Windows 7 laptops
Now I expect to be swamped by CPA members wanting help to convert their lappies to Linux.......I don't think so!
but the offer stands I suppose.
good luck to you as well