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Comment on Google will determine and store the location of any Wi-Fi access point whose SSID (name) does not end with "_nomap".

beansniffer@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

_optout is the SSID suffex to block mapping by Microsoft (which includes Bing maps cars) and can be placed anywhere in the SSID

_nomap is the SSID suffex to block mapping by Google (which includes streetview cars) and must be placed at the END of the SSID

To have what should be the default amount of privacy for SSID, one must have an SSID like this: SSIDNAME_optout_nomap

This is ridiculous and shameful upon the companies that track every little fucking thing about our lives.

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Tiuku@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Could you provide a source for the microsoft middlefix?

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- beansniffer@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Sure thing, here you go: https://superuser.com/questions/1005235/wi-fi-opt-out-microsoft-google
  
  EDIT: So looked around some more and everyone points to that link as the main source for this information. That link lists a page on microsoft.com that no longer works. The internet archive has a snapshot from 2017 which states the following:
  
  How we help keep your data safe
  
  Protecting your home or business network
  
  If you manage an open Wi-Fi network at home or at a small business but don't want Windows to automatically connect people to it, you can opt your network out by including _optout somewhere in the Wi-Fi network name (also called the SSID). For example, "mynetwork_optout" or "my_optout_network". When you do this, Windows won’t automatically connect people to your open network. For more detailed info, see the section To prevent other Windows 10 customers from automatically connecting to an open Wi-Fi network you manage.
  
  So it sounds like that only applies to open wifi access points and Windows machines automatically connecting to them. Perhaps _optout doesn't actually matter if you're using wifi encryption (which you should be). Interesting... I'd like to know where I got the idea that it included bing maps cars....
  
  Thanks for bringing to my attention that I might have accidentally spread misinformation.
  
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