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At least that’s opt-in, unlike them using your Wi-Fi SSID to fine tune their location settings. Not only was that opt-out but you had to change your router settings (either change your SSID, which isn’t hard but shouldn’t be required, or hide your network, which alienated guests when mobile data wasn’t so ever present). I don’t even know if there’s still a (simple) way out.

But yes. The option you describe is clearly ridiculous.

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Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
The funny thing is, I’m nearly certain that it’s opt-in for their benefit (i.e. legal reasons) and not because it benefits the content creator, because it really doesn’t benefit the content creator at all! “Here’s my work. Do what you like with it, and don’t worry about paying.”.

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- toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I suspect any time Google gives you a choice about anything, especially anything regarding data, it’s not for your benefit. With that in mind, you’re likely right.
  
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confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I thought it was based around BSSID which cannot be changed on most devices. Changing SSID helps?

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- smeenz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yes, it’s bssid (the wifi mac address) which is collected by streetview cars as they pass by.
  
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  - toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Back when I researched this (which, as mentioned previously, was a long time ago), it was just the SSID. Possibly (probably) they were also collecting the BSSID but I don’t think they were publicly admitting it at that time.
    
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- toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Well, last time I looked was many years ago, so it might no longer be true. However, supposedly, adding _NOMAP or something like that would prevent your network from being recorded. As I said, though, that was a long time ago and, of course, trusting Google to not record anything at your request was always a fool’s game.
  
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