On 2026-09-04, Carlos E.R. <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2026-09-03 10:09, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >> On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 16:30:15 +0930, Maria Sophia wrote: >>> Those scripts proved I could collect a list of every single access >>> point in Apple's database, just as researchers Eric Rye and Dave >>> Levin did, using a simple perl script which proved the results of >>> their paper, and which went further to prove that my own >>> hidden-broadcast SSIDs were in that database. >> >> I don’t understand what you’re complaining about, exactly. Your wi-fi >> network broadcasts its existence to all and sundry, and yet you feel >> upset when somebody collects that information and passes it on. > > I guess it is because the SSID is terminated in _nomap, which is > documented as a flag to Apple and others to not store this SSID in their > maps. But Apple is/was mapping them all the same.
I got the impression they were claiming that their SSID was hidden, which makes it irrelevant as to whether it has "_nomap" at the end of it, but that Apple had somehow discovered and logged it nonetheless. It seems highly implausible. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-list.python.org
