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Cars are scary (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 months ago by Geodad@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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I went war-driving on a whim today. You wouldn't believe how much personal information your car leaks out. I saw names like "Drew's Chevy" and Oscar's Audi S5".

I locked my car down as much as possible when I got it.

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

These vehicles are constantly sending out their SSID, as is the case with all WiFi.

Untrue. Your hotspot can be configured not to advertise. Clients can then only connect to it if they already know the SSID and enter it manually.