You do have my username. I am fairly confident that you could connect my username to my real name with some minor searching. From there, plenty of tax records, property records, and other important interesting information is just a few clicks away.
I am not arguing that we should or should not be sharing ssids. I am merely wondering why the OP is somehow worried about strangers across the globe somehow going from a list of random ssids to anything more interesting than that.
A list of names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, or other publicly available information (leaked or otherwise) is far more worrisome than a list of ssids.
I agree that a leaked SSID is less worrisome than leaked addresses, but the problem is that this list takes an nearly useless information and makes it a vital part which can basically locate someone down to the street address. And most people are absolutely unaware of how dangerous sharing an SSID is, assuming they try not be found (see: streamers, pop-stars or simply people which do not like to associate their actual name with their alias, unlike the two of us). For them it would feel like if I would tell you the color of my shoes and you'd find my address - it's simply not something you have in your mind.
It's not the end of the world, yes, sure. But it's not great either.
It's a sidenote, but the blow-up point of this is that it's one of the very few data privacy points for which you can directly show the impact. Usually, you have to go with abstract "if your data is leaked" or "someone at XCorp could ...", but in this case, if I can find your SSID I can send you your address, no further questions asked. And everyone knows people who know their SSID and/or can easily imagine this scenario. I'm pretty sure that's why this exact list is blowing up so much more than the far more egregious privacy violations we otherwise see.
You also don't have my ssid.
You do have my username. I am fairly confident that you could connect my username to my real name with some minor searching. From there, plenty of tax records, property records, and other important interesting information is just a few clicks away.
I am not arguing that we should or should not be sharing ssids. I am merely wondering why the OP is somehow worried about strangers across the globe somehow going from a list of random ssids to anything more interesting than that.
A list of names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, or other publicly available information (leaked or otherwise) is far more worrisome than a list of ssids.