The intative promises to be privacy-friendly with no tracking. Stating:
Your privacy is important. The WiFi4EU app ensures a private online experience with no tracking or data collection. Simply connect and enjoy free public Wi-Fi without concerns.
Source: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/wifi4eu-citizens
Will be interesting to see how this spans and plays out in reality. Looks promising too, did a quick scan of their builtin permissions and trackers and looks good too. (Scanning tool is called Exodus)
Vpns are cheap if that’s an issue
Is this new? If they write this despite recent border checks the analogy has not the intended meaning.
Vpns don’t hide mac addresses from phones that pass the access points.
you think most people will use a VPN?
Yeah till they don’t allow VPNs on the network