[governance] Is this for real?

[Roland Perry]

In message <4F4CE5B8.8010604 at digsys.bg>, at 16:33:28 on Tue, 28 Feb 
2012, Daniel Kalchev <daniel at digsys.bg> writes
>In recent times, it also includes geo-location information, including 
>the (very) precise location of your home wifi network.
>
>This is real funny, I once made experiment with the later: while 
>traveling, configured an AP with the same SSID that I have at home. 
>When asked to locate me on the map, Google "found" me at my home 
>location, even if I was few hundred km away from there.

I'm a bit surprised they are doing it on the SSID of the APs, not the 
MAC address. (You didn't say if your travelling AP was the same as the 
one you used to have at home).

SSIDs are much less unique [apologies to grammar purists] than MAC 
addresses.
-- 
Roland Perry

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