Re: Apple changed their documentation at my request but it proves they don't care about privacy

On 2026-09-04, Carlos E.R. <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2026-09-03 10:09, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 16:30:15 +0930, Maria Sophia wrote:
>>> Those scripts proved I could collect a list of every single access
>>> point in Apple's database, just as researchers Eric Rye and Dave
>>> Levin did, using a simple perl script which proved the results of
>>> their paper, and which went further to prove that my own
>>> hidden-broadcast SSIDs were in that database.
>> 
>> I don’t understand what you’re complaining about, exactly. Your wi-fi
>> network broadcasts its existence to all and sundry, and yet you feel
>> upset when somebody collects that information and passes it on.
>
> I guess it is because the SSID is terminated in _nomap, which is 
> documented as a flag to Apple and others to not store this SSID in their 
> maps. But Apple is/was mapping them all the same.

I got the impression they were claiming that their SSID was hidden,
which makes it irrelevant as to whether it has "_nomap" at the end
of it, but that Apple had somehow discovered and logged it nonetheless.
It seems highly implausible.
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