XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   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.)   
   >   
   > Hi John,   
   >   
   > Thanks for asking as we can all work together on this privacy project.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   lol. Just goes to show all your paranoia is wasted. We can now all know   
   exactly where you are and what you're doing at all times[1]. Mwahaha!!   
      
   > All we need to do that is a BSSID of an AP that isn't in your own home   
   > (because I understand nobody wanting their own home to be geolocated).   
      
   There are maps which "geolocate" everyone's home.   
      
   > But that's the whole point.   
   >   
   > If it's that easy for anyone to look up where we live based only on our   
   > BSSID, then there's something horrid going on, don't you think?   
      
   The only horrid[2] thing is how inept you are. You spend all your time   
   trying to protect your privacy and fail at the simplest level.   
      
   [1] we literally can't, because a MAC only links a property. There's no   
   other info inherent in that.   
   [2] horrid == tragically funny   
      
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