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by nullc 1834 days ago
It's commercially available.

Joe Stalker, however, probably won't get it from google. Unfortunately there are many other databases, including ones available at low cost (or free: https://wigle.net/ ) which the stalker is more likely to use, unless they work at google. And when you add "nomap" to turn off google's tracking you'll make your SSID more unique and trackable in every other database.

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Right, Joe Stalker won't get it from Google. Joe Stalker will get it from the unprotected S3 bucket of the company that got it from Google.
You’re broadcasting more than your ssid, but your base station MAC too. Unless you clone that too.

Since ssid is used as a seed in encryption, there’s value in making it unique.

if you use a strong passphrase the unique ssid protection against a table doesn't matter, but it's a worthwhile point to raise.
Rich Joe Stalker probably would. Not directly from google, maybe, but from a company that gets it from a company that gets it from google.