XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: usenet@arnowelzel.de   
      
   Alice J. schrieb am 2016-01-30 um 16:25:   
      
   > Andy Burns wrote in message   
   > wbednQlfMPBDDjHLnZ2dnUU78IOdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk:   
   >   
   >>> Since I have "sync" turned off, and all my "location info" turned   
   >>> off, does Google *still* get my SSID   
   >>   
   >> Yes, from your neighbour's android devices, and from google's   
   >> streetcars, which both report visible SSIDs along with GPS location data.   
   >   
   > I was afraid of that.   
   > My stoooooopid neighbors threw me under the bus!   
   >   
   > What can we do in that case to get OUT of Google's system?   
      
   Taking Google to the court.   
      
   > 1. Add _nomap to the end of the SSID <== I didn't really wanna go there   
      
   If this works, why not? The SSID is just some technical detail. I   
   wouldn't bother naming my WiFi network "myname_nomap" if this helps   
   getting the network deleted from Googles database.   
      
   > 2. Change the SSID periodically   
   > 3. Change the MAC periodically   
      
   The location is still the same and the SSID or MAC address will not show   
   up somehwere esle. So Google may assume that in fact this is always the   
   same network just changing its SSID or MAC address.   
      
   > Seems to me, we should *all* work together, to make our router defaults:   
   >   
   > SSID = DEFAULT_nomap   
   > MAC  = DE:AD:BE:EF:CA:FE   
   > Passphrase = as strong and as unique as we can make it   
   >   
   > Hypothetically, as a thought experiment, if we all did that above,   
   > would it work?   
      
   Even if it would - this will not happen as you can not teach and   
   persuade everybody in this world to do that.   
      
      
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