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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by netsharc on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:38AM (#18919966)
Yeah it's returning 502 Bad Gateway errors (AFAIK that's what a CDN would return if it can't reach the actual host), probably a HN/reddit hug of death?

I just realized people can track my relocation across cities and countries if they can see "Ah this SSID was there last month, and here this month!".

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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by kalleboo on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @07:20AM (#18920183)
My parents moved countries, bringing their WiFi router, and for months afterwards their iPhones would locate them back in the old country... Apple's database was quite slow to pick up the new location.
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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by netsharc on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @02:24PM (#18924084)
That's a bit of a simplistic programming, the phones should've seen other SSIDs around it and figured out they're not in Kansas any more. Except if your parent's WiFi network is the only one around the area.
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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by gumby on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @08:29AM (#18920617)
They should be aware that some wifi channels are not legal in all countries.
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