How to stop Google from using your router for their location service?

[Sushubh]

This is quite an old thing but apparently I never posted about it.
Just add _nomap at the end of your SSID.
Read more: Configure access points with Google Location Service - Google Maps Help

 

[v1rus]

What is the loss?
Why should I opt out?

 

[Sushubh]

If you are a privacy fanatic... Loss is that your phone would take a while to locate you when you are on your home network. I mean it basically automatically assume that you are at your home when you connect to your home router. This is why I can even get GPS to work in the basement of the house perhaps. I basically was reminded about posting this from a Google+ post. A dude borrowed his friend's wireless router only to find out that his devices ended up showing that he was at his friend's place and not his own.

 

[v1rus]

Only publicly available information is used. So I think that should cover the privacy concern

 

[Sushubh]

dunno. google was sued for collecting wireless information from consumers in USA or Europe. They had to come out with this workaround to allow consumers to opt out.