Android devices might be leaking Wi-Fi histories

A new investigation conducted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation has found that Android phones less than three years old could be broadcasting the Wi-Fi networks you’ve connected to. This is attributed to a feature called Preferred Network Offload introduced with Android’s Honeycomb operating system. The PNO sometimes blasts out the list of named networks your phone has connected to while searching for Wi-Fi connections and often during the time your phone is in sleep mode. What makes this particularly dangerous is it could show a person’s movement or activity based on the specificity of the Wi-Fi names.

The easy fix for the leak just requires you to head to the Advanced Wi-Fi settings and disabling the “Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep” option. This might also increase your battery power or data usage if you keep your data on.

Source: The Verge

Canon and Microsoft sign patent licensing deal

Will we see Canon lenses on future Lumia devices? That might be a possibility with the new deal inked by Canon and Microsoft that lets both companies have easy access to each other’s secrets. The patent licensing agreement might just be to cover any possible legal issues that may arise in the future but it might also bring in new tech for both companies. Let’s just see what happens.

Source: Engadget

Lollapalooza to offer cashless wristbands for attendees

If you’ll be making your way to the U.S. music festival Lollapalooza this year, it might be easier to purchase merchandise without carrying cash with you. The festival will be offering cashless wristbands to let you pay for festival goods, food, and drinks. This means you don’t have to carry around your cards with you to the concert grounds. It isn’t just convenient but it also gives you a bit of peace of mind.

The wristband comes with an RFID chip that is linked to your debit or credit card. It also needs a PIN number to work so you don’t have to worry about someone swiping your wristband to go on a festival shopping spree. But those who don’t want to try this method can still use cash and credit cards at the festival.

Source: Ubergizmo

OnePlus One to deliver Android L ‘within three months’ of Google’s release

In case any of you have been wondering if Android’s upcoming operating system will be making its way to the OnePlus One device, wonder no more. A representative from the company posted on its forum announcing that the device will be “getting the L treatment” within three months of Google’s release of the final build. OnePlus One currently uses CyanogenMod’s 11S build, a highly modified version of Android 4.4.2 KitKat. We’d like to see how they’d treat Android’s upcoming OS.

Source: Android Central