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Google’s announced a simple way to stop it indexing the location of your Wi-Fi hotspot — just add ‘_nomap’ to the end of your router’s Wi-Fi broadcast name and Google will ignore it.
The tag will opt you out of being included in the database used for the Google Location Server. Of course one might think that it’d be better to have an opt-in system, not an opt-out system; but then anyone who uses Google’s location services relies on Wi-Fi info, among other sources, to get a fix. Google hopes other Wi-Fi position trackers will take its lead and make ‘_nomap’ the universal tracking opt-out. So if you’re paranoid that Google knows where you live — as if it didn’t already — then change your SSID now. [Google via Search Engine Land]
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Maybe they will also honour the big ‘_NOPHOTO’ sign in the front window of my house for StreetView?!
So that’s where you live
Could somebody please explain to me why Google having your WiFi’s SSID (Just SSID, not Data) and it’s Location is a Privacy issue. To me it just seems like people kicking up a big fuss over nothing.
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Haha exactly right. The only people who’ll freak out is people who really don’t know what they’re talking about. It’s like complaining that somebody can read your username and they know that you’ve been on Gizmodo UK, it’s not going to kill you!
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Collecting the SSID is not only done by the Google cars. It’s also done by the android phones if the wireless and GPS is enable (croudsourcing).
If I name my wireless with _nomap, will it be excluded also from the other sources ? If it’s already in the database, will it be removed at the next google cars/android phone visit ?
Ok I’ve found my answers : yes to both questions
https://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1725632