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Stop Google Using Your Wi-Fi Location

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One of the ways Google tracks where you are for its location-based services is via a list of known wireless routers and access points. While that list doesn’t include personal information, if you’d rather Google wasn’t tracking your router or access point at all, there’s now an easy way to make that happen.


October 26, 2011
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Clever SSIDs That Scare Off Leeches Or Send A Message

Your Wi-Fi network’s name (called your SSID) identifies your router so you know which network to connect to, but considering how often smartphones pop up connection notifications, your network’s name can also act as a medium for delivering messages to fellow Wi-Fi users–or even scare passersby off an open network.