From 1010dd135c31ad7f4c60e291ecf0bbb761cada9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikaela Suomalainen Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:18:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 2015-11-29-SSID_optout_nomap: add a few things to the end --- blog/_posts/2015-11-29-SSID_optout_nomap.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/blog/_posts/2015-11-29-SSID_optout_nomap.md b/blog/_posts/2015-11-29-SSID_optout_nomap.md index 6a41b22..631d9b0 100644 --- a/blog/_posts/2015-11-29-SSID_optout_nomap.md +++ b/blog/_posts/2015-11-29-SSID_optout_nomap.md @@ -86,3 +86,20 @@ do support `_nomap`/`_optout`: if it looks very messy to me and I haven't even took any anxiety medicines last night or today so my head should be working a lot better than it currently does.* + +* * * * * + +2019-01-17: I don't know how to start updating this post, but I would +like to add a few things ~three years later: + +* There is no need for the `_optout` part since 2016, see e.g. [KrebsonSecurity](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/05/microsoft-disables-wi-fi-sense-on-windows-10/). +* Christian Haschek's blog showed me that people are actually doing checking + WLAN locations from WiGLE and it's not only my mental health or anxiety + more than three years ago. + * [The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet](https://blog.haschek.at/2018/the-curious-case-of-the-RasPi-in-our-network.html) +* I nowadays represent 5 GHz networks as `SSID_fast_nomap`, because fast + is more obvious to not technical people wondering which one to pick + compared to the number, but in public places I drop the `_nomap` as SSID + works as a free advertisement. + * I think I copied this idea from someone at IRC, but I have forgotten + whom and it's possible they wouldn't even wish to be attributed.