XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Marian  wrote:   
   > Discussion:   
   > How to set up your mobile devices & home router for privacy/security.   
      
   Correction: "privacy/security" translates to "self-aggrandising   
   ultra-paranoids".   
      
   >   
   > For those wishing to know more about this topic, most people have their   
   > router Wi-Fi AP set to broadcast the SSID, which means it's uploaded to   
   > world-wide publicly accessible databases whether they like it or not.   
   >  a. The (unique) GPS location (of the phone uploading it) is uploaded   
   >  b. The signal strength (of the signal to the phone) is uploaded   
   >  c. The (unique) BSSID (MAC address) is uploaded - which is essentially you   
      
   A router is not a person. At worst it represents a household in the same   
   way a postal address does.   
      
   >  d. The (normally non-unique) SSID is uploaded (with or without _nomap)   
   >   
   > Every mobile device owned by ignorant/rude people is uploading that privacy   
   > to the world-wide publicly accessible databases (which have been abused).   
      
   No they haven't. A theoretical observation has been made. There's no   
   evidence of "abuse".   
      
   While you're at it, the equally rude satellites, google cars, the post   
   office and census collectors are also sharing extremely private information   
   regarding everyone's houses, where they are and what they look like.   
      
   I STRONGLY recommend first wrapping your house in tinfoil (hopefully that   
   will smother your *outgoing* connections), then radar opaque paint and,   
   finally, camouflage netting.   
      
   For extra privacy go live in the woods.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)