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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confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 1 week agoI thought it was based around BSSID which cannot be changed on most devices. Changing SSID helps?
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 week ago
smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
Yes, it’s bssid (the wifi mac address) which is collected by streetview cars as they pass by.
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.