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|    cl@isbd.net to Jeff Liebermann    |
|    Re: Are we all handing to Google the SSI    |
|    30 Jan 16 19:16:01    |
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
      
   Jeff Liebermann wrote:   
   >   
   > >If we all used the same SSID and the same MAC on our home routers,   
   > >and if we ensured that our passphrases were as powerful as we can   
   > >make them (because we're in the rainbow tables otherwise), would   
   > >that work to foil google?   
   >   
   > You're mixing two separate and independent problems.   
   > 1. Google knows your location by SSID and MAC address.   
      
   Only if they know my location. They know it *approximately* from the   
   phone being on but that's all they *have* to know.   
      
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   Chris Green   
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