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KYC now uses WiFi positioning instead of IP geolocation. (telegra.ph)

submitted 2 days ago by SamuelEllis@piefed.social to c/privacy@programming.dev

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From IP Geolocation to WiFi Positioning: The KYC Evolution

Full article: https://telegra.ph/From-IP-Geolocation-to-WiFi-Positioning-The-KYC-Evolution-06-17

Discussion welcome — counter-detection techniques, vendor behavior, regulatory angles, and real-world deployment notes especially valuable.

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

On Android and iOS, apps can get a list of visible BSSIDs without special permissions (on Android 10 and later, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION is required).

The tech is thwarted without this permission. Unless browsers also share BSSIDs on laptops. Probably chromium does and Firefox followed suit because of Google money

[–] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Thwarted in what sense? The vast majority of users on the planet blindly accept fine location permissions for every single app, I think that will make most users of this tech happy enough.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

I feel like with WebRTC API it is already possible to fingerprint the network so no need for BSSID. They just need the database of that instead of BSSID