Re: Google allowing access point owners to opt out of location service

On 15-Nov-2011 08:52 , David Gibbs wrote:

... all you have to do is add "_nomap" to the end of your ssid.

Seems kind of bogus, though, have to change your configuration
to avoid being included in something.

Maybe I do not understand enough about the topic [e.g. underlying details], but if someone did not want their ssid publicly visible and thus publishable [¿except as limited by law, usually only for profit, such as per copyright?], should they not just stop broadcasting that information? Until I had to deal with [only older?] Macs which seem incapable of remembering how to reconnect without, I always turned off the "broadcast ssid" wireless setting.

Regards, Chuck