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Coffee shops/net cafes collecting WIFI data nothing to worry about say Thai police


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Posted
19 minutes ago, cmsally said:

Held by whom ?

The cafe, the internet provider ???

 

Ah a search , seems to suggest this is in fact very recent and very much in international news!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/10/thai-cafes-forced-to-track-customers-wifi-use-sparking-free-speech-fears

From your link:

"cafe owners retain a log file of their customers’ browsing data"

 

How would they do that, if one take preventive measures?

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Does this apply to hotels, shopping centres, public wifi access points etc?

 

Have the police never heard of VPNs? I'm pretty sure any serious criminal would use one if he/she were doing anything untoward on a public wifi network.

 

It's reaching the stage where I may keep one permanenty activated, just for when I press the like button on one of Andrew McGregor Marshall's tweets!

 

 

 

 

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Posted
11 minutes ago, cmsally said:

The cafe, the internet provider ???

I would assume both...but certainly the Cafe   has (supposed) had to keep records of sites visited +  where supposed to have CCTV and ask for every customers  ID or passport details for a long time now.

Posted
1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Also shows any photo's she's taken with her phone.

Just curious Is this a separate piece of software you have put on her phone?

Posted
5 minutes ago, topt said:

Just curious Is this a separate piece of software you have put on her phone?

Nope, just google maps, installed on every android phone that's sold.

If you have a persons 'play account' username and password, you can view all their movements from google maps 'timeline'.

Posted
4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Nope, just google maps, installed on every android phone that's sold.

If you have a persons 'play account' username and password, you can view all their movements from google maps 'timeline'.

Thanks. I rooted my phone a while ago and have nothing "Google" on it but never knew you it would also slurp any pictures taken or is that because it is synchronized for back up?

Posted
11 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Nope, just google maps, installed on every android phone that's sold.

If you have a persons 'play account' username and password, you can view all their movements from google maps 'timeline'.

On some phones can't you just switch it off or pause it if you want?

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4 minutes ago, chado said:

I'll surprise you - you can a) turn it off b) remove it d)  disable it e) or give it no permission to access your location

Why?

I can't think of one disadvantage of having my location tracked and recorded.

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