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|    Alice J. to Whiskers    |
|    Re: Are we all handing to Google the SSI    |
|    04 Feb 16 19:17:05    |
      XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless       From: alice.jones-donotspam@ptd.net              Whiskers wrote in message       slrnnb6uls.rl.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net:              > I don't know that Google do record the MACs associated with SSIDs, but       > there's nothing stopping them from doing so. They could store that       > information for ever - but not necessarily make it available to mobile       > phones trying to locate themselves, or to anyone else.              All the articles said the MAC was stored, and, it makes perfect sense       (since it's actually pretty stable compared to the SSID).              If anyone knows how to get your MAC out of the database, let us know!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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