alt Hacker NewsI started rotating my BSSID weekly after I learned Apple and Google abused it to track the location of people and devices.
Permanent hardware or software IDs, such as the Windows GUID or machine-id on Linux (systemd) are inevitably abused for surveillance sooner or later.
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S0und • today at 5:42 PM
You have all the good intentions, but since no one else does this around your location, I don't think you're achieving anything.
astrange • today at 9:15 PM
You mean, they used it so people trying to use their maps apps didn't have to wait several minutes for a cold GPS fix?
skinfaxi • today at 8:58 PM
How do you coordinate across all of your devices?
The same physical location showing a different SSID every week but the surrounding ones not changing would be deanonymizing you much more aggressively.
People mostly don't change SSIDs or even move networking hardware - e.g. AirBnBs.
Edit: and also are you still carrying a smart phone while doing this? The device which has GPS and a cloud internet connection?