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Suppose I don't want my router Mac address + GPS location shared with Apple or Google What are my options? Banning guests from my network is enough or I have t
by speeder 5y ago
Suppose I don't want my router Mac address + GPS location shared with Apple or Google
What are my options? Banning guests from my network is enough or I have to physically not allow phones near my wifi?
- yosito 5y agoThis is what I'd like to know. I don't own a wifi router. But suppose I did, is the fact that my router's signal was simply seen by an Apple device within range consent for Apple to track it's location? And does Apple knowing my router's location mean that I've consented to it's use to track others?
- kamray23 5y agoCoat your walls in lead. As long as your device broadcasts network, anyone in range can see it.
- amelius 5y agoBetter yet: coat your iPhone in lead.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoThat won’t fix another users iPhone transmitting your SSID details.
- TobTobXX 5y agoA tad easier would be to set the Network to hidden. Then clients would have to mention the SSID themselves to advertise themselves.
- Thorrez 5y agoAccording to that abstract, only Apple does that, not Google. Full disclosure I work for Google, but not on anything related to this.
- jodrellblank 5y agoGoogle merely drive past your house, recording your GPS location and WiFi SSID broadcasts, and find it that way. And "accidentally" packet capture some of your network traffic too. ( https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/ https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/ )
- Thorrez 5y agobetween 2008 and 2010 for the network traffic part
- sundvor 5y agoCan confirm. Moved houses something about ten years ago, only a few kms, and Google Maps kept on saying I was at my old address. I used location sharing actively then as now, found it mostly annoying - but also learnt how they built up their SSID location databases. I did find it creepy, but could also see how it would massively assist location services.
- tiahura 5y agoThen don’t broadcast your network outside your home.
- pfranz 5y agoPractical options? Apple rotates Mac addresses to avoid tracking[1]. If you're broadcasting a mac address you have to assume someone is logging it and correlating it with a location. Wardriving was a thing long before smart phones were common. [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211227 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211227
- lern_too_spel 5y agoYou can end your WiFi SSID with _optout_nomap to tell Microsoft, Google, and Mozilla not to collect it. Apple has no way to opt out.