> (It's not relevant to the discussion but Android home screens show the name of the connected WiFi network?) Yes, nearly always in the top drawer [0], but I'v

> (It's not relevant to the discussion but Android home screens show the name of the connected WiFi network?) Yes, nearly always in the top drawer [0], but I've also seen widgets on the home screen or in the status bar. > Where can someone look up a lat,lng by entering an SSID? Others already linked it, but https://wigle.net/ https://wigle.net/ allows you to - sorry for linking the wrong map! > . But if you're concerned about someone learning your SSID and finding a database to map it to a location, can pick a generic manufacturer's SSID of which there will be thousands, if not millions, of devices using the same SSID. I don't know about the US, but in Germany most manufacturers have an unique appendage to the name, i.e. "Vodafone HomeBox DEHGTN". And the name doesn't have to be totally unique; if you can narrow the location down to a country or even a city (which is usually not that hard if you read someones post history or talk with them) it should suffice. Also, it's not big when someone is aware of this tracking possibility. The real problem is that most people aren't. EDIT: Just to prove my point, it took me 2 minutes to find out you're in Massachusetts [1]. If you're SSID is a bit unique, this is probably already sufficient. [0] First panel in https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/xl-AHFNqlM-WwZ9z0JyAGx3B6Ww=/2200x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/001_track-data-usage-on-your-android-121660-defb939deff74d51b9a541e3564f196f.jpg https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/xl-AHFNqlM-WwZ9z0JyAGx3B6Ww=/2... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27423016 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27423016