Wi-Fi Privacy Police
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| AppID: | be.uhasselt.privacypolice |
| Author: | Unknown |
| License: | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| InRepoSince: | 2015-02-17 |
| LastRepoUpdate: | 2016-10-05 |
| LastAppUpdate: | Unknown |
| LastVersion: | 2.2 |
| Categories: | Connectivity |
| Google Play: | Check if it's there |
Prevents your smartphone or tablet from leaking privacy sensitive informationvia Wi-Fi networks. It does this in two ways:
* It prevents your smartphone from sending out the names of Wi-Fi networks it wants to connect to over the air. This makes sure that other people in your surroundings can not see the networks you've connecte to, and the places you've visited.
* If your smartphone encounters an unknown access point with a known name (for example, a malicious access point pretending to be your home network), it asks whether you trust this access point before connecting. This makes sure that other people are not able to steal your data.
Further details are discussed in two papers, a
short one and
long version.
Anti-Features: Tracking: The application tracks and reports your activity to somewhere – usually either without your consent, or by default (i.e. you’d have to actively disable it). It’s commonly used for when developers obtain crash logs without the user’s consent, or when an app is useless without some kind of authentication.
While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device.
