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yan
on Dec 7, 2009
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WPA cracker in the cloud
This helps people in your vicinity have a unique data point when using geolocation technologies that are powered by SSIDs of wifi networks.
Seriously though, I doubt it adds much, even in obscurity.
ErrantX
on Dec 8, 2009
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No. The ssid is used as part of the encryption. Changing it to something very obscure invalidates any precomputed tables and forces a brute force attack
ryanwaggoner
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I always assumed that wifi-aided geolocation used the MAC address of the router.
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Seriously though, I doubt it adds much, even in obscurity.