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)

  • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    3 hours ago

    So, if I live in the EU, what’s stopping me from cancelling my home plan and making the wifi experience worse for everyone?

    • herrvogel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      12 minutes ago

      Limiting the bandwidth use of individual devices is pretty easy, and basically standard procedure for public networks. Even cheap consumer routers that come with ISP subscriptions can do that.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      26·
      3 hours ago

      The fact that there’s 93k access points and that’s not very many when you consider the size of the EU and the average range and speed of an access point.