diff --git a/n/nomap.md b/n/nomap.md index 1984d69..1a3baf9 100644 --- a/n/nomap.md +++ b/n/nomap.md @@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ which uses MAC addresses instead. ## Why? -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 in 2018: +**For 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 +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) @@ -76,6 +77,20 @@ 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/) +**For practical reasons.** If you have ever _moved_ taking your WiFi access +point with you, you may have noticed Google/Apple Maps and all locating you to +your _old home_, which may be annoying with route planner apps and similar. + +To fix this, you can either append `_nomap` to your SSID to remove it from the +positioning process, try going outside with maps open and hoping it will update +your location or wait patiently for the location services to realize your move. + +Another occassionally happening event is the _WiFi AP moving_ by itself. +Location services may blocklist moving access points without static location, or +you may find that on the move you always locate to a home point, while it would +be more useful to just `_nomap` so other location sources would be used +immediately. + ## `_optout` Legacy from 2015-2016. Used to be part of Microsoft WiFi Sense that shared WiFi