[OSM-talk] Neat use of OpenStreetMap

[Paul Johnson]

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Michał Brzozowski <www.haxor at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 9:54 PM, Robert Kaiser <kairo at kairo.at> wrote:
>
> > Also, I really, really hope my access point will not get into any really
> > open-to-everyone database because I don't want people to follow me
> around by
> > database request when I'm moving somewhere and don't want to be easily
> > found.
>
> So, there's industry standard way to do this, add _nomap to your SSID.
> Or just don't broadcast SSID whatsoever.
> And BTW, you can possibly be already listed on WiGLE :-P
>
> As the saying goes, "wadriving is not a crime". If you transmit
> anything into the public air, and people receive that just as intended
> (that is no packet sniffing). you can't legally do anything about it.
> _nomap is provided out of courtesy
>

If it's public spectrum with no regulatory oversight, it's public.  If
that's a problem, don't use public spectrum, use a cable...
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