XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-08 14:50, Marian wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> You would have to prove that your house BSSID being listed is a breach   
   >> of your fundamental right to privacy, because an AP is not directly   
   >> linked to your person.   
   >   
   > The simplistic argument that 'MAC addresses are not "directly" linked'   
   > ignores the fact that when aggregated at scale, they become a powerful   
   > tracking tool. A single MAC address is just a hardware identifier; but a   
   > database of millions of them tied to GPS coordinates is essentially a map   
   > of people's movements and residences.   
   >   
   > Imagine this scenario:   
   > 1. A company collects BSSIDs (MACs) from Wi-Fi routers in a city. 2.   
   > Over time, they build a database:   a. MAC A -> seen at 123 Elm Street   
   > in 2022   b. MAC A -> seen at 456 Oak Avenue in 2023   
   > 3. From this, they infer the household at 123 Elm Street likely   
   >    moved to 456 Oak Avenue.   
   >   
   > Now scale that up: Track migration patterns of entire neighborhoods.   
   > Correlate MACs with census data, property records, or advertising IDs.   
   > What was just public information becomes a de facto surveillance system,   
   > without meaningful consent from the people being tracked.   
      
   Yes, this is true.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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