[Cialug] _nomap for wireless networks

[Barry Von Ahsen]

On 11/15/2011 11:56 AM, Zachary Kotlarek wrote:
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> On Nov 15, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Barry Von Ahsen wrote:
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>>> Lame, I don't want to change my ESSID to opt out.  It should be a opt-in
>>> sort of thing.  And the ESSID is about the lamest way to do it anyway.
>>> Not that there's a decent way to do it.  They really shouldn't be doing
>>> it at all.
>>>
>>
>> agreed.  I just switched to not broadcasting (which is the easy option), but evidently the itouch 3 makes you reenter your credentials each time you connect
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> Does Google intentionally exclude networks that don't include an SSID in the beacon frame? I was under the impression that they map by BS MAC, which is available in almost every broadcast frame and (at least theoretically) globally unique.

I have no idea, I'd assume they only collect broadcast SSIDs.  passive 
capture, IMHO, would be bordering on evil :)


-barry