XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Andy Burns  Wrote in message:   
   > 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,   
      
   For a start the SSID is not synonymous with you. It is linked to   
    the WiFi of an access point (AP), which may or may not be a home   
    router.   
      
   > and if they then "see" that ssid when I try to connect   
   > at a hotspot,   
      
   Er. How does a mobile hotspot relate to a home broadband router's   
    SSID? Colour me confused.   
      
   > they instantly know exactly who I am simply by   
   > putting two and two together.   
      
   No they don't.   
      
   1) an SSID can't identify you   
   2) a hotspot can't identify you   
      
   (1) + (2) still means someone can't identify you.   
      
   > That doesn't bother you?   
   >   
   Nope.   
      
   Via some inference it may possible to link the geographic location   
    of an SSID to an address and then to a householder, but that   
    doesn't happen 'instantly' nor is it reliable.   
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