"Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems"

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@amarok

The researchers say that they reported their findings to Apple, Starlink, and GL.iNet, and note that one way to keep your BSSID out of WPS databases is to append the string _nomap to the AP’s Wi-Fi network name, or SSID – the SSID is set by the user while the BSSID is a hardware identifier.

Exactly the same approach as Mozilla Location Services:

MLS - Opt-Out

How do I prevent my wireless access point from being collected?

Mozilla’s client applications do not collect information about WiFi access points whose SSID is hidden or ends with the string “_nomap”. If you would like to prevent your WiFi access point from being reported to this service, you can rename your SSID to append “_nomap” to the name (e.g., SSID “MyWirelessNetwork” becomes “MyWirelessNetwork_nomap”) or configure your SSID to be hidden.

This approach is used by other companies offering similar services. We have chosen to follow the example established by others, to make sure you do not have to learn about specific ways to opt-out of this service, but can generally signal your desire to do so and have that signal be respected by multiple services.

See also:

Mozilla Location Services

These two are the ones I was previously referring to. Despite “mozilla” in the name, the connection to the location services is made by the Librem 5’s system processes (“geoclue”) and has nothing to do with Firefox.