Synthead@lemmy.world kindly commented that wifi network names of you and your neighbour can be used to locate your address, so please be aware to avoid betraying your privacy. Peace!
Synthead@lemmy.world kindly commented that wifi network names of you and your neighbour can be used to locate your address, so please be aware to avoid betraying your privacy. Peace!
Heads up that there are ways to look up locations for access point ESSIDs. You can basically narrow it down to an address. If you share a neighbor’s ESSID also, it greatly helps ensure that they have the right address.
Wow, I never knew. I’ll edit my post to mention this so people are aware in case it’s their own.
Yep: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JUNRzYJcyr8&t=4m46s
Wild!
How would one counter act this? Turn off ESSID broadcast?