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You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes (gizmodo.com)
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[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

WiFi isn't as safe as they apparently think it is lol

If the SSID you connect to is unique enough, there's a site that can literally pinpoint your location. If you have any other SSIDs around you, it's basically guaranteed. That's why there's a bunch of apps that log the SSIDs around you, to get your location without having to ask.

That's not even considering the entire rest of WiFi that's not anonymous