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		onionisafruit on June 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How do I opt my access point out of Google Locatio... Google doesn't want "Fred Bloggs's iPhone" in their data set anyway. A mobile access point is no use for geolocation.

KingMachiavelli on June 15, 2021 [–]

I guess just change your routers broadcast Mac to an iPhone one. Maybe we could use randomized MAC for APs like we have for clients.

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