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Good point. My understanding is that both SSID and MAC address are typically used as inputs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_positioning_system https://en.w
by mapgrep 11y ago
Good point. My understanding is that both SSID and MAC address are typically used as inputs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_positioning_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_positioning_system
- JonnieCache 11y agoI guess it's not exactly difficult for the likes of google to remove the millions of 'Netgear' SSIDs from their dataset.
- lucb1e 11y agoI always wondered how it would handle lesser known systems, like the SSID "Train's on-board WiFi" (Dutch: "WiFi in de trein") that we have in the Netherlands. There are not a million trains, but they do appear in a million places. Like with airlines, I'd think they notice, or have a script to detect, "oh we have a bunch of locations many kilometers apart" and then remove them, but since I don't use WiFi location services (I don't agree to share my location with Google 24/7) I don't actually know.
- phantom784 11y agoI had this problem on a train in the US. My phone insisted that I was in Boston the whole trip, when I was actually several states away.