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I am a Tasker enthusiast and when I can automate something simple on my phone I like to. I set a simple task to turn off WiFi when my home network is not detected so my phone doesn't scan and report my location to businesses. However, this functionality is now nonexistent and the developer has to ask people not to one-star their app because it doesn't work. My phone is my phone and killing my ability to use it as such for whatever security theater Google is playing at is why I root my device. Anyone else still rooting for similar reasons?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (13 children)

How does it detect your home wifi if it has turned off wifi? I don't know Android, but the logic there seems odd. Are you using location services to drive it?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (12 children)

You've misread that. When he leaves his home network, he has it switch off wifi to prevent it being picked up by other networks. Probably has it being switched back on by cell tower / similar location option

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Just have your WiFi turn back on when you get back to your home, you can do location based stuff with tasker, I used to have it on my old phone and made it turn my phone on silent and turn off the WiFi when I got to work, but as soon as I got home it put my phne back to normal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Ew Location based stuff is even less privacy. That is a feature I never turn on unless I really need directions ...

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