[guardian-dev] survey of 'getprop' properties of Android devices

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

hey devrandom,

Thanks for bringing that up.  I wasn't aware that the IMEI and MACs were included in getprop. It seems that it not always the case, since only one of the devices I posted included a MAC and none included an IMEI.

So yes, people should review it for identifying information like MAC and IMEI numbers.  You can look for property titles like:

gsm.imei
ril.imei
ro.gsm.imei
ril.bt_macaddr
ril.wifi_macaddr

I updated the instructions on the wiki page.

.hc

On Apr 27, 2012, at 11:35 PM, devrandom wrote:

> HC,
> 
> This has privacy implications, with identifying ids such as IMEI and Mac
> addresses.  Shouldn't people be scrubbing these before posting?
> 
> On 27/04/12 19:13, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> I've started a wiki page to collect the complete output of 'getprop' from Android devices.  These properties are useful for doing things in the native space, like finding out the name of the wifi interface (getprop wifi.interface).  Unfortunately, these properties are always there, so it would be useful to have a collection of complete getprop dumps to know what we can count on and what is vendor-specific.
>> 
>> I've added the four devices that are sitting in front of me now, and I'll add more as I get my hands on them.  If you have a few minutes, please add your device as well, the simple 5 step instructions are on the page:
>> 
>> https://guardianproject.info/wiki/Android_getprop_collection
>> 
>> .hc
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