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A comment on Mozilla Stumbler 1.0. Parent comment

Re:Mozilla Stumbler 1.0 by zz1 on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @09:36AM (#8527055)
"Make this "opt-in"" is a statement, not a procedure. How, and why? Would the cons outwheigh the pros?
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Re:Mozilla Stumbler 1.0 by paulojreis on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @09:41AM (#8527080)
> "Make this "opt-in"" is a statement, not a procedure. How, and why?

I don't really care about the procedure; Snailmail, if need be. Convenience is not a valid argument for breaking privacy.

> Would the cons outwheigh the pros?

The answer to this is dependent on one's stance. As you may imagine, from where I stand, they do (clearly). I can't see any "logistical inconvenience" justify breaking privacy by default.

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Re:Mozilla Stumbler 1.0 by anonymousDan on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @10:31AM (#8527342)
Why not simply require the SSID to end in _map? If Google think it's so easy for users to do, then surely this shouldn't present a problem?
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