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n/nomap: improve excerpt, link Wikipedia WPS, mention dates, Apple, add citation links

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@ -12,15 +12,19 @@ redirect_from:
- /r/_optout_nomap.md
robots: noai
sitemap: true
excerpt: Previously a blog post, now a note on _nomap in SSID.
excerpt:
The underscore nomap suffix in SSID indicates your desire to opt-out of Wi-Fi
positioning systems and, in some cases, mass surveillance.
---
# `_nomap`
_{{ page.excerpt }}_
_{{ page.excerpt }} This used to be a not so great blog-post and has since
became a hopefully better note to whoever it may concern_
`_nomap` in the end of your SSID will exclude your network from Google, Apple,
WiGLE etc.
[Wikipedia has a more complete list of supporting services.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_positioning_system#Public_Wi-Fi_location_databases)
Microsoft has a separate
[location services opt-out](https://account.microsoft.com/privacy/location-services-opt-out)
@ -45,11 +49,19 @@ which uses MAC addresses instead.
Privacy. WiGLE.net may point your home directly just by entering the SSID and
who knows how many similar services there are. While I have been thinking of
this since 2015, there is at least one case where this has been used:
this since 2015, there is at least one case where this has been used in 2018:
- [Christian Haschek: 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)
In the second quarter of 2024, researchers found that Apple allows tracking
Wi-Fi networks that hadn't opted out, including Starlink terminals in Ukraine
and Gaza.
- [KrebsOnSecurity: Why Your Wi-Fi Router Doubles as an Apple AirTag](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/05/why-your-wi-fi-router-doubles-as-an-apple-airtag/)
## `_optout`
Legacy from 2015-2016. Used to be part of Microsoft WiFi Sense that shared WiFi
networks and passwords to all contacts.
- [KrebsOnSecurity: Microsoft Disables Wi-Fi Sense on Windows 10](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/05/microsoft-disables-wi-fi-sense-on-windows-10/)