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Does anyone have any idea what Google Wonder is? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 days ago by masterofn001@lemmy.ca to c/android@lemmy.world
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Just noticed this in termux using shizuku :

rish -c ip a

68: wondertap0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ieee802.11/radiotap {some MAC address}brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

i searched for wondertap0 ans found this:

https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common-modules/wonder/+/refs/heads/android14-6.1/wondertap.c

Which is mosltly gibberish to me.

Wonder apparently is a driver for Protocol-X which enables virtual WiFi devices ?!!!!

And i had a bit of a time finding anything else about it. Actually, i found a total of 1 thing. The source code.

https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common-modules/wonder/+/refs/heads/android17-6.18

noticing it is meant to contact another device, and is acting maybe as a server and tunnel. But it isn't just a link. It creates its own 80211x device and broadcast frequency.

But, what the hell is it? What does it do, what's it for, what triggers it, who owns the device created, and what is it sending, how is it broadcasting?

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[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 7 points 4 days ago

I don't get why anyone would downvote you. This is a very legitimate question.

[–] False@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's an interface between the standard kernel WiFi driver and a proprietary WiFi device.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

what is the proprietary device?

Is it internal or a physical device and why is it created if i have no google anything ?

[–] False@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Probably the actual physical WiFi device for some phone or phones. I'd imagine it's a compatibility layer so they can focus on the standard kernel driver or leverage that.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Cancelled.

Sorry, that's what it will be in 6 months.

[–] lemmy_acct_id_8647@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

That’s the one where after you give away all your personal information, Google turns into an elephant

[–] 0xd34d@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Google Wonder WiFi Virtual Soft-MAC Driver

wondertap.c is just one of several files for this kernel module, check out main.c and some of the other source files to get a better understanding of what it does.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 1 points 4 days ago

I’m wondering too.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 days ago

Some kind of specialized wifi connection. Google has implemented support in Android via that driver.