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Opt out your Wi-Fi network from Google's location services with an SSID tweak
- ddtaylor 7y ago> If you're adamant about protecting your privacy, this will prevent your Wi-Fi network and its location from being saved to Google and Microsoft servers It does not prevent that. It's an indicator that asks these companies nicely to not save the data - there is no prevention mechanism.
- lern_too_spel 7y agoRight. Apple doesn't respect it and has given no indication it ever will.
- notRobot 7y agoTL;DR: > Just add "_nomap" to your network's name to opt out from Google's service. > Microsoft requires you to include "_optout" somewhere in your SSID. > So you'd need to create an ID such as "1234_optout_nomap" to reject both services. –––– Ugh, this seems really annoying, because SSIDs are limited to 32 chars, and you give up 13 just opting out of these services
- justusthane 7y agoRight. Why can't Microsoft just respect _nomap as well as _optout? It's clear what the user's intent is. Also, according to the article, Google requires _nomap to be at the end. Apparently Microsoft doesn't require the same for _optout, but what if they did?
- jnieminen 7y ago_nomap works also for Mozilla's location tracking thing.
- user7629 7y agoThis is Do Not Track for WiFi
- xg15 7y agoSo, how long until Apple joins in and requires "_dontmapme" as the suffix?
- RichardHeart 7y ago_dontmapmebro
- diego_moita 7y ago> which the company maps via crowdsourcing and Street View cars So, if I hide my SSID then they wouldn't be able to find it?
- SeriousM 7y agoHiding an SSID is just a feature to not show it to the user. The device already know of its existence.
- SeriousM 7y agoOpt-out is kinda pointless in "crowded" places. They just take the other 10 wifi near you.