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Alternatively, and maybe sub-optimally depending on your priorities, disable SSID broadcasting on your AP(s). Google might index it from devices that are manually connected but it won't be usable for the geolocation of others.


AFAIK that's actually worse because devices that remembered that SSID would be continually sending probes containing that SSID, everywhere you go.

https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/221261/does-andr...


Excuse my ignorance, but why is that a problem? Presumably, whoever is snooping on said broadcasts doesn't know how to find "my_awesome_wifi", do they? Would the attack be "harvest SSIDs from Starbucks and then drive around the neighborhood until you find the house it belongs to"?


>Excuse my ignorance, but why is that a problem?

fingerprinting/tracking. even with wifi mac randomization enabled, if you see a given client broadcasting a certain set of SSIDs you can use that to track them.




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