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"The only way to opt out of this "feature" is to change the name of your SSID to include _optout at the end" Google requires you to have "_nomap" at the end of
by dd9990 11y ago
"The only way to opt out of this "feature" is to change the name of your SSID to include _optout at the end"
Google requires you to have "_nomap" at the end of SSIDs to "opt out" of certain services...
- zzleeper 11y agoSo you are saying I can't opt out of both? Or will they take XYZ_nomap_optout ?
- wfunction 11y agoProbably the former.
- Nullabillity 11y agoThe Microsoft page says it has to contain _optout, not that it has to end with it.
- OJFord 11y agoPresumably for this reason; so XYZ_optout_nomap works. But this is just silly.
- sebastianavina 11y agoImagine SSIDs in a couple of years... COMCAST56B4_nomap_output_security_reinforce_superhappy_wifienable_security_ALLOW-P^[A-Za-z0-9\.]+$-_DISALLOW-P^[pet][0-9]$
- nly 11y agoWhy do they do this instead of just ignoring networks with hidden SSIDs?
- icebraining 11y agoI believe they also ignore hidden SSIDs, but those come with other problems, so they added a way to opt-out without hiding it.
- ytdht 11y agoare you saying that SSIDs should have infinite lengths?
- ytdht 11y agosorry if you don't have a sense of humor as this was clearly not a serious question
- RexRollman 11y agoSo it's becoming the robots.txt of routers?