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   Alan to Marian   
   Re: How to test if your access point BSS   
   05 Dec 25 11:11:56   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-12-05 04:08, Marian wrote:   
   > How to test if your access point BSSID is in the highly insecure Apple WPS   
   > database and, if it is in Apples insecure WPS database, what else is there.   
   >   
   > If you'd like me to test if your access point BSSID is in the Apple WPS   
   > database, then simply respond with that BSSID & I'll run the Windows   
   > scripts I just wrote based on research published recently of the flaws in   
   > Apple's methods (some of that research is listed in the signature below).   
   >   
   > Note that your BSSID should not be in Apple's database if you've opted out   
   > by appending "_nomap" to your access point SSID (e.g., "my.ssid_nomap").   
   >   
   > None of my access point BSSIDs are in the Apple database, but I have the   
   > optout keywords _optout_nomap appended to all of them, but once I confirm   
   > the process works, I'll be glad to write a tutorial so others can do it   
   > too.   
   >   
   > Let me know which BSSIDs you wish me to look up for you in Apple's WPS.   
      
   Or, if you want to do it without involving Arlen:   
      
      
      
   I checked mine...   
      
   (And I've been using the same router for more than 5 years)   
      
   ...and surprise, surprise: it's not in there!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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