cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/25779751

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)

  • Zer0_F0x@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    40 minutes ago

    Honestly nowadays data plans are cheap on most mobile carriers and they’re obligated to have them work accross EU, so you no longer really need Wi-Fi when traveling.

    Also, I can see this being easily and constantly exploited via Wi-Fi attacks where hackers set up fake Hotspots with the same name as the closest legit one.

  • giacomo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    141·
    4 hours ago

    oh dude, they promised to be privacy friendly! maybe I’m just to american to believe in promises.

    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      4 hours ago

      You don’t have to trust them any more than you trust your local Starbucks WiFi. We’re at the point where your traffic should no longer be vulnerable just because you’re on the wrong WiFi network.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        49 minutes ago

        I feel like the OP you’re responding to. Explain how I should be comfortable? The idea creeps me out, but I admit I haven’t delved into security for a few years.

        • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          34 minutes ago

          You don’t HAVE to be comfortable. But if you use any sort of public WiFi, this is no riskier than any of those networks. They can grab some metadata unless you use a VPN, but likely less than what your ISP already has on you anyway. Basically, there’s no reason this should be putting up any major red flags. We’re past the days when a malicious access point could MitM most connections due to lack of encryption.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      47 minutes ago

      Not trusting the idea on it’s face. Love to hear tech details on why I should.