[paulojreis]

Analogies are analogies because they're similar, not identical.

> You want people to stop "monitoring" your SSID? Stop freaking broadcasting it at all.

This is technocentrical BS, washing the hands to justify doing what you want.

1) Most people don't know that their SSIDs are being recorded (with position), so how do you expect them to make an informed decision? It's not like the information is readily available (I work in IT and I did not know about appending "no_map" to the SSID).

2) Everyone has a router, broadcasting the SSID. Do you really and honestly expect everyone to know how to disable it?

[Someone1234]

I don't think it is a privacy violation AT ALL. And nobody in this thread has even tried to explain why it is.

Just hand waving and "we don't have to explain ourselves, privacy is the default state!"

I gave an analogy above, you didn't even answer it. When does it become a privacy issue exactly?

[paulojreis]

> I gave an analogy above, you didn't even answer it. When does it become a privacy issue exactly?

You see, that's the problem - and that's the point. I did not answer because:

a) I don't really care about my SSID privacy. I do, however, care about other people right to know what's happening and to make informed (not implicit, by Google or Mozilla rules) decisions; and

b) I really don't (shouldn't) have to. It's not your concern when or how I feel my privacy being violated. I don't have to answer that, and it's a sad, sad society where this happens.