amungusPremium
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| um, no I agree w/Kapil's 1st post...
Second, I guess there's no way to retroactively tell them, "no, take my AP off of your map..."
Does this mean they're going to "start over" sometime soon, or that they update such info with any regularity (people do this thing called moving sometimes...)???
Third - no. Just no. Why should I have to change my network? I just set it up.
Besides, I really don't feel like hooking up a mouse/keyboard AGAIN to my HTPC, just to change wireless settings.
Oh, and having your SSID include that "_nomap" bit is about the lamest thing I've ever heard. NOBODY, repeat, NOBODY would actually *want* this to be a part of their SSID...
They really should give up on this, it's pointless anyway. If somebody wants to scan for wifi, they can do it themselves - they aren't going to consult google first on this I'm afraid.
...besides, it's slightly different than -publicly- accessible TV broadcast, for example... |
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 koolman2Premium
join:2002-10-01
Anchorage, AK | The map info is updated every time someone uses the service. The device requesting location sends the SSID and BSSID to the server, which then looks at its database, returns the approximate location, updates the database with new access points, and removes ones that no longer exist. I presume they will delete any at this point that contain _nomap at the end.
I still don't see what the fuss is... a MAC address and an SSID are hardly personally identifiable. |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | said by koolman2:I still don't see what the fuss is... a MAC address and an SSID are hardly personally identifiable. It's something to complain about. I agree, this whole thing has been blown out of proportion. |
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How can I query the database? |
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