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Interesting article shared with me about the way Wi-Fi location services work.

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[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft has an additional requirement where "_optout" has to be somewhere in the SSID (not necessarily at the end). This was detailed in a now deleted support post.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So now my SSID has to be myname_nomap_optout_dontscan_ffswhy_fuckoffanddie?

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

That's already my SSID, please don't use it too