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   mp.os.windows-11   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Arlen,   
      
   >>> How could anyone discover that AA:BB:CC:11:22:33 belongs to Arlen?   
   >>   
   >> Easy : Someone drives up to his house and than checks their phone which   
   >> SSIDs it detects. :-)   
   >   
   > Here's the key thing we need to do to gain an appreciation for privacy.   
   >   
   > I suggest anyone else who thinks a BSSID is "just a number" begin to   
   > separate the object being tracked from the person being inferred.   
      
   It is.  You can get rid of it - or replace it - at the drop of a hat.   Just   
   like you do with your nym.   
      
      
   There is quite a list of "just a number" stuff that you have on you which   
   are *not* you, but do associate themselves with you.   Including the name   
   you are referring to yourself within your neighbourhood.   
      
   You likely have a smartphone.  That means that your phone company has got   
   data about where your phone is, every minute of the day.   
      
   Your phone has bluetooth enabled ?   Than anyone with less than $50   
   equipment will be able to register that you walked by.  A store will be able   
   to register that you entered and even where you paused (which products   
   you're looking at).   
      
   You have a credit and/or loyalty cards ?   Every time you use it data is   
   stored about where you did so it and what you payed for - meaning location   
   and behavioural data.   
      
   Anyone with a bit of equipment can walk near you and scan the cards that you   
   have in your wallet within your trousers or coat.   
      
   You drive a car ?   Its plates will likely be scanned when you drive around,   
   and that data is also stored.   Besides that, you already gave your   
   "private" data to the DMV and, I might hope, to some insurance company.   
      
   And than I have not even talked about the upcoming industry of biometrics,   
   where a random street camera can identify you on your face alone.   
      
      
   Your whole problem with your BSSID is that you had access to a database it   
   appears in, and as such *have become aware* about how many "just a number"   
   thingies are available to other people.   
      
   All those other databases you know nothing about / have no access to ?   Law   
   enforcement can demand that data, and anyone willing to spend a buck   
   (private investigators, head-hunters, your neighbour) can also get it.   
      
   You think you can be anonymous / untrackable ?    Think again.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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