XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.privacy   
   From: charlie@nospam.com   
      
   On this Thu, 30 May 2024 07:44:22 -0400, Alan Browne wrote:   
      
   > Just use a database that contains a worldwide listing of known and   
   > uploaded BSSID's such as:   
   >   
   > https://wigle.net/   
      
   You didn't read the paper.   
   https://www.cs.umd.edu/~dml/papers/wifi-surveillance-sp24.pdf   
      
   They discussed Wigle & Google. And Starlink too. The problem is Apple.   
      
   https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/23/apple_wifi_positioning_system/   
     "The threat applies even to users that do not own devices for which the   
   WPSes are designed - individuals who own no Apple products, for instance,   
   can have their AP in Apple's WPS merely by having Apple devices come within   
   Wi-Fi transmission range."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)