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   Lars Enderin to All   
   Re: Are we all handing to Google the SSI   
   29 Jan 16 19:28:18   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: lars.enderin@telia.com   
      
   2016-01-29 19:10 skrev  Andy Burns:   
   > Dave Higton wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'm not sure what exctly you want to know.   
   >   
   > If everyone around me has a cellphone that tells Google what my   
   > ssid is, and if they then "see" that ssid when I try to connect   
   > at a hotspot, they instantly know exactly who I am simply by   
   > putting two and two together.   
   >   
   > That doesn't bother you?   
   >   
   Your SSID typically belongs to your router, not to your phone.   
      
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