[Gsmmap] list of Auto WiFi SSIDs in network-specific Android builds

Tomcsányi Domonkos domi at tomcsanyi.net
Sun May 26 21:14:04 CEST 2019


Hi Joe,

Turning off Wi-Fi calling manually in the Settings menu of your phone solves the IMSI catching via WiFi problem.
Also having your WiFi turned off all times, except when needing it would solve the issue of the built-in SSIDs for most of the time. I think :).

Domi

> 2019. máj. 25. dátummal, 14:24 időpontban josefh.maier at hushmail.com írta:
> 
> Hello Domi
> 
> Thank's for the reply. The risk from beeing IMSI-tracked by AP's is probably (much) higher than with the conventional method... 
> 
> Therefore it would be an useful feature for SnoopSnitch. Sorry for not mentioning that in my previous post. 
> 
> 
> In the meantime, I would like to remove the built-in SSID's from my mobile manually:-)
> 
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/20/2019 at 10:13 AM, "Domonkos Tomcsányi" <domi at tomcsanyi.net> wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> 
> This does not really belong to this mailing list in my honest opinion, but nevertheless:
> See this talk about some details about the topic you mentioned:
> https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-16/materials/eu-16-OHanlon-WiFi-IMSI-Catcher.pdf <https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-16/materials/eu-16-OHanlon-WiFi-IMSI-Catcher.pdf>
> 
> Cheers,
> Domi
> 
> 2019. máj. 20. dátummal, 8:56 időpontban josefh maier <josefh.maier at hushmail.com <>> írta:
> 
> Hello group
> 
> I heard that some mobile manufacturers do hard code profiles(SSID) for Auto Wi-Fi from mobile operators into Andorid...
> 
> 
> On what files of the Android-OS are those SSID stored (there are not listed in GUI :-) ?     
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 
> Joe
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