Running a Grok Bot privacy scan on open cafe WiFi
The author joins an open cafe network and asks Grok Bot to show what a nearby stranger can see about the phone, reporting 47 exposed signals and four toggles to fix them.
I LET GROK BOT RUN A PRIVACY X-RAY ON ME AT A COFFEE SHOP. I TURNED MY WIFI OFF AND HAVEN'T TURNED IT BACK ON I connected to "CoffeeHaus_Guest". open network, no password I asked Grok Bot one thing: show me what a stranger sitting here can see about my phone 60 seconds. 47 signals. it didn't touch anyone else's device, just read what mine was shouting into the room: -> my phone was broadcasting its name and a fixed ID. trackable in every shop I walk into -> it was calling out for 7 saved WiFi names. Home, work, an airline lounge. a map of my life -> my DNS was in the clear. a bank, a pharmacy, a dating app. anyone on that network saw the list -> a fitness app was posting over plain http with my GPS in the payload -> 41 tracker calls in one minute from apps I wasn't even using I did nothing wrong. I turned on WiFi. that was the whole thing the fix was 4 toggles, not a degree: -> VPN on -> forget networks + auto-join off -> private / random MAC address -> no logins on open WiFi, ever screenshot that list. it's the entire defense your phone is having a very loud conversation about you in every cafe you sit in. mute it
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