XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> It may be that by hiding my SSID broadcast, I prevented Apple from   
   recognizing   
   >> that the _nomap was appended to the SSID, for example.   
   >   
   > Maybe.   
      
   Hi Carlos,   
      
   I thank you for making me think about it, where the fact remains that we   
   need to explain why a hidden SSID with "_nomap" is in the Apple WPS db.   
      
   The BSSID is always in the broadcast packet but that the SSID field is   
   "null" (or blank).   
      
   Since the broadcast happens ten times a second, there's no doubt Apple   
   products (of which I own many) are seeing the "BSSID", and, since these   
   Apple devices are in my own home, they're seeing the "SSID in the clear"   
   whenever a PC or mobile device handshakes with the access point.   
      
   So, clearly, Apple *knows* that the SSID is hidden, and, Apple likely even   
   knows the SSID, but Apple may have chosen to ignore these obvious facts.   
      
   Hence, I take this loss of my privacy by Apple very seriously.   
   What I need to do, moving forward, is gather more data points.   
      
   What would be useful to know is if it's only me or if it's everyone.   
      
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