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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] synapse1278 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Corporates are even bold enough to brand this as a nice to have feature, they call it "find my device" I think? But we can totally trust them to keep this data absolutely private and secure ! /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Samsung actually offers e2e encryption for location data using a pin code but unfortunately it's disabled by default for some reason. also only available for phones, not other pingable devices like wireless earbuds

[–] synapse1278 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, e2e encryption doesn't give you any guaranty if the encryption and communication protocols are proprietary and you didn't set the encryption key(s) all by yourself. Samsung could very well have the private keys to decrypt the data and give it to anyone they wish.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

it's symmetrical encryption so the pin code is the private key, (or er, the key's derived from it)

but also Samsung still gets the network address of the repotting device which can be used to get approximate location