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title: "Opting out of WiFi positioning (_nomap)"
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permalink: /n/nomap.html
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redirect_from:
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- /english/2015/11/29/SSID_optout_nomap.html
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- /blog/english/2015/11/29/SSID_optout_nomap.html
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- /r/optout.md
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- /r/_optout.md
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- /r/_nomap.md
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- /r/_optout_nomap.md
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robots: noai
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excerpt: Previously a blog post, now a note on _nomap in SSID.
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# `_nomap`
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`_nomap` in the end of your SSID will exclude your network from Google, Apple, WiGLE etc.
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<em lang="fi">Automaattinen sisällysluettelo</em> / <em lang="en">Automatically generated Table of Contents</em>
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- [Why?](#why)
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- [`_optout`](#_optout)
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## Why?
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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:
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- [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)
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## `_optout`
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Legacy from 2015-2016. Used to be part of Microsoft WiFi Sense that shared WiFi networks and passwords to all contacts.
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