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[email protected] kindly commented that wifi network names of you and your neighbour can be used to locate your address, so please be aware to avoid betraying your privacy. Peace!

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[–] [email protected] 98 points 11 months ago (3 children)

This is my main Network name.

It confuses the hell out of Macs and some Linux stuff refuses to connect.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I had Zoidberg "(\/)(,;;,)(\/)" for awhile. And, yeah, not all devices liked that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Elaborate on the "confuses the hell out of macs" statement please.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

At least on the wife's Mac it sometimes sees it fine but sometimes refuses to connect or even see it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

That's all WiFi on a Mac.

Source: have a Mac.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Interesting my neighbor is a network engineer and has a Mac for work, I think I might set up another SSID with this to see his reaction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago