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   Marian to Carlos E.R.   
   Re: How to test if your access point BSS   
   07 Dec 25 20:27:33   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> 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.   
      
      
   I'm in direct communications with the wonderfully responsive Mozilla team   
   and what Carlos just said is EXACTLY how they see the situation themselves.   
      
       
      "Mozilla's client applications do not collect information   
       about WiFi access points whose SSID is hidden or ends with   
       the string '_nomap' (e.g. 'Simpson-family-wifi_nomap')."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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