XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Dec 8, 2025 at 10:26:55 AM MST, "Tyrone" wrote   
   :   
      
   > On Dec 7, 2025 at 10:45:11 PM EST, "Marian"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > The fundamental flaw here is that you are ASSUMING the move. Much more likely   
   > is that I bought a new router and gave the old one to my friend at 456 Oak   
   > Street who needed a new(er) router. 6 months later he buys a new router and   
   > trashes the old one. Do you assume that I am now dead because the router is   
   no   
   > longer active?   
   >   
   > What if I sell it on eBay? It could end up anywhere in the world. Or my   
   > daughter moved out into an apartment and I gave her my old router?   
   >   
   > Tracking a router is NOT tracking ME, because my name is not associated with   
   > it.   
   >   
   > And even if I DID move, so what?  I can buy a new router AND still sell the   
   > old one. Again, tracking a router is not tracking me.   
   >   
   > You are SO desperate here, it is laughable. I guarantee that people buy new   
   > routers FAR more often than they move. I have lived in this house for 27   
   > years. I am on my 4th router now. So I moved 3 times?   
   >   
   > And what about Google?  They have a similar list. Are you outraged over that?   
   >   
   > You might as well track "me" by tracking where my car goes.  Except that the   
   > car can also be driven by my wife and my kids.   
   >   
   > Give it a rest. This will never be a class action lawsuit. That you think it   
   > will just shows how incredibly stupid you are.   
      
   Add to that you can change MAC addresses on many routers.   
      
      
      
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