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   R.Wieser to All   
   Re: Tutorial: Query the Apple database w   
   28 Dec 25 22:10:48   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.c   
   mp.os.windows-11   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Arlen,   
      
   > Rudolph, let's keep this focused on the technical issue rather than tone.   
      
   Answer my questions, and I will consider it.   
      
   So, when are you going to explain how you being able to read BSSID's and   
   coordinates from Apples database is a privacy problem ?   
      
   > For you to tell me "I don't get it" a hundreds times, doesn't mean that I   
   > don't get it when I simply reproduced what researchers said could be done.   
      
   Kiddo, being able to repeat what others have detailed doesn't mean you   
   understood what you where doing.   
      
   > Worse, I, myself, could easily track any BSSID in the world.   
      
   Kiddo, I've asked you several times to explain why, according to you, that   
   that is a problem.  You have refused to do so every time.  No, *YOU DO NOT   
   GET IT*.   
      
   Proof of that ?  If you would than you would have been able to explain   
   yourself to me/us. The fact that you don't ...   
      
   > That's not random.   
      
   Yes, it is.  Tell me, what is *the name of the person* behind the BSSID's   
   you have been tracking ?   
      
   Ofcourse, you have no idea.   
      
   > These flaws effectively exposes large portions of Apple's WPS database   
   > to anyone who knows how to query it, which is what the researchers said.   
      
   Its not a flaw, its on purpose.  Kiddo, you have *NO* idea what that   
   database is for, but you have already drawn your conclusions.  You are, as I   
   mentioned a few times, *WILLFULLY IGNORANT*.   
      
   And it doesn't help that *I already asked you* to consider what the purpose   
   of that database is, and you simply refuse to do so.   
      
   > I have no intention of tracking people, but I proved it's trivial to do.   
   > Just like the security researchers said it was.   
      
   Is that true ?  So, if I pick a name than you can, assiming he's got a BSSID   
   with him, tell me where that person is traveling ?   Yes or no ?   And   
   ofcourse, explain your answer. :-)   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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