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   Jolly Roger to Marian   
   Re: How to test if your access point BSS   
   05 Dec 25 17:42:04   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2025-12-05, Marian  wrote:   
   > J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >> Can you get any idea of what's in the database, or can you only check it   
   >> for a specific given one? (I. e. does it accept wildcards or anything   
   >> similar?)   
   >>   
   >> I ask as it'd be interesting to know if it _does_ contain any _nomap   
   >> ones, but you can't find that out if you have to specify them exactly.   
   >> (Though you could make up a few to try, but that wouldn't be conclusive   
   >> unless you succeed.)   
   >   
   > It's worse than I thought. I checked the Apple database for my own BSSID of   
   > an access point that has had "_nomap" on it for years, and it was in the   
   > Apple database!. The real GPS location. It was horrid. I almost fainted.   
      
   Bullshit. Weak lie.   
      
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