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Why should I have to ruin my naming standard for them? Personally I don't mind them mapping my SSID.
How about simply "fuck off Google". We shouldn't have to do that and then reconfigure our piles of client devices. Also isn't it about as useful as the do not track header? What about other vendors mapping it and data sense etc? I moan on behalf of others as my network is ethernet due to things like this.
What if I had some established nomenclature. My old SSID was Nikola with a password some variant of Tesla... Nikola_nomap just doesn't have the same spark.
How about simply "fuck off Google". We shouldn't have to do that and then reconfigure our piles of client devices. Also isn't it about as useful as the do not track header? What about other vendors mapping it and data sense etc? I moan on behalf of others as my network is ethernet due to things like this.
If you're so opposed to it, I hope you only ever use GPS and not A-GPS.
How about you only opt-in people who add "_map" to their SSID?
How about you only opt-in people who add "_map" to their SSID?
Anyone know a way to query the API for your BSSID and see if you're in their database, or do they just respond to queries with a location rather than per-network confirmations?
How to look for access points near you (view this from a mobile): http://test-geolocation.appspot.com/
Or just use curl! Put in a mac address to query for:
curl -d '{version:"1.1.0",request_address:true,wifi_towers:[{mac_address:"00:00:00:00:00:00"}]}' www.google.com/loc/json
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Did you even read what this does? It's used to aid geopositioning. No data from the network is logged, other than its SSID/MAC address and its approximate location.
Yes I understand it entirely. There are enough AP's around me for Apple Maps to know if I'm in bed or having a poo. You can see the marker move. More services like this are bad. They already know who I am. What could possibly go wrong? Edit: when I say more services are bad like this I mean we should be opt-in for both collection and usage rather than opt out.
Mapping the source of radio signals is common and expected. Your Wifi router is basically a big bright lightbulb that flashes with a unique pattern, and can be seen through walls. You can't legitimately ask the rest of the world not to notice it, the same way you can't request that no one use your porch light as a landmark.
It appears "rename and opt-out" is the latest model. I'm guessing even fewer lay users will take this step.
Technically this allows Google to claim it gives people an easy way to opt out, but in practice nothing much is likely to change as those who were worried about privacy were probably not broadcasting their SSID publicly to begin with.