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   Carlos E.R. to Chris   
   Re: How to test if your access point BSS   
   07 Dec 25 21:53:05   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-06 21:51, Chris wrote:   
   > Marian  wrote:   
   >   
   > Donald changing his nym non-randomly to avoid killfiles noted. This was   
   > never about privacy.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>> You spend all your time   
   >>> trying to protect your privacy and fail at the simplest level.   
   >>   
   >> Apple advertised that they would respect the _nomap suffix as an extremely   
   >> clear and very obvious indication that we wished to not be in their db.   
   >>   
   >> That Apple put my BSSID in their database is an indication of their lack of   
   >> moral rectitude.   
   >   
   > Firstly, the _nomap is on your user-defined SSID. Secondly, what is   
   > collected is the BSSID/MAC which in most cases cannot be edited.   
   >   
   > You can choose to hide your SSID. So if you've hidden your SSID the nomap   
   > option is superfluous as it won't show up anyway.   
   >   
   > There isn't, as far as I can see, an obligation to *remove* a MAC from the   
   > WPS db if they *never see* the nomap request.   
      
   This is true, but they see that the SSID is hidden. This should be a   
   hint no not list the BSSID either. This can be a bug, not malice.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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