> Regardless you didn't use my SSID to figure that out, which is my point, we all have lots of data points out there that are more public than SSIDs and those will be used to compromise us much faster than the SSID method will.
I think we intermingled two separate points there:
- An SSID is not unique. My point was, despite this being true, it is usually possible to narrow down the location far enough using auxiliary information so that an SSID is sufficiently unique. That was the point of my previous response to you.
- An SSID is usually not considered sensitive. For the two of us there are enough other data points, but quite a few people prefer not to have their nick linked to their real name. I doubt they are aware how fatal sharing it would be. As mentioned in sister comments, the name is also quite often in crash logs, so something as simple as seeking technical help might lead to your home address being compromised.
Now, this list is surely not the end of the world, but the privacy implications are pretty bad IMO.
I really though you'd study CompSci ;) Oh well.
> Regardless you didn't use my SSID to figure that out, which is my point, we all have lots of data points out there that are more public than SSIDs and those will be used to compromise us much faster than the SSID method will.
I think we intermingled two separate points there:
- An SSID is not unique. My point was, despite this being true, it is usually possible to narrow down the location far enough using auxiliary information so that an SSID is sufficiently unique. That was the point of my previous response to you.
- An SSID is usually not considered sensitive. For the two of us there are enough other data points, but quite a few people prefer not to have their nick linked to their real name. I doubt they are aware how fatal sharing it would be. As mentioned in sister comments, the name is also quite often in crash logs, so something as simple as seeking technical help might lead to your home address being compromised.
Now, this list is surely not the end of the world, but the privacy implications are pretty bad IMO.