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I never used Reddit... xD
And I always called my Wi-Fi networks as the same from years ago, this way my family always can get in without asking me the password. Now the permanent name will be something to make it cool with that ugly suffix... ๐คฎ
EDIT:
_nomap
is Google and_optout
for Microsoft? WTF โ https://superuser.com/questions/1005235/wi-fi-opt-out-microsoft-googleIs is too late to add _nomap _output to my SSID these days?
I just hid and renamed the ssid for now. I've read somewhere that google now only maps ssids when you enable location awareness on your phone. This is from 2022 -> https://www.howtogeek.com/788837/your-wi-fi-info-is-in-google-and-microsofts-databases-should-you-care/