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   DevilsPGD to usenet@arnowelzel.de   
   Re: Are we all handing to Google the SSI   
   02 Feb 16 14:13:06   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: boogabooga@crazyhat.net   
      
   In the last episode of <56AE2F45.5080901@arnowelzel.de>, Arno Welzel   
    said:   
      
   >Alice J. schrieb am 2016-01-29 um 17:37:   
   >   
   >> Arno Welzel wrote in message 56AB8F0B.6000309@arnowelzel.de:   
   >>   
   >>> There is no "special equipment" needed to see SSIDs. When I go to the   
   >>> backyard of the apartment building where I live, I can easily pick up   
   >>> around 10 different SSIDs with my smartphone.   
   >>   
   >> I didn't want to get into the Google cars sniffing of SSIDs.   
   >> I just wanted to keep the question about what my phone and my neighbor's   
   >> phone does while we're sleeping.   
   >>   
   >> Does the Apple iOS equipment also hand Google our home SSIDs while we sleep?   
   >   
   >Maybe they do also send SSIDs - but not to Google of course but to Apple.   
      
   Note that it's BSSIDs that are really used for location services,   
   however, I suspect SSIDs are sent too.   
      
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