XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: alice.jones-donotspam@ptd.net   
      
   Andy Burns wrote in message   
   7amdneupSZEoOCjLnZ2dnUU78VOdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk:   
      
   > So, having been shown that google *do* use phones/tablets to geolocate   
   > access points, which in turn allows a device to report MACs from visible   
   > BSSIDs and geolocate itself, you could get yourself an API key and see   
   > if your MACs are in their database, then you could add _nomap to your   
   > SSID and see if that is sufficient to make your MACs get flushed from it   
   > (and after how long), then see how many other companies are collecting   
   > this data, and do they honour _nomap, and do you really care enough   
   > about it all to stop using WiFi at home?   
      
   I don't know if I have the technical skills, but I will go and get   
   an "API key" from Google and I will see if my routers and phones are   
   in their geolocation database.   
      
   I already added _nomap to all my SSIDs so I might have to temporarily   
   remove _nomap to see if I'm in the database (and then add it back).   
      
   Since this thread is looooooong, if I have questions, which newsgroup   
   are you on of the three in this thread?   
      
   comp.mobile.android?   
   alt.internet.wireless?   
   alt.cellular?   
      
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