Thread: What do we know about Diablo (Maemo 4.1) ?
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Originally Posted by dblank View Post
I don't see how you're going to get any useful information from an SSID like "linksys", "default", "johns house", etc..
But if you can see "linksys", "default" and "johns house" - and their associated MAC addresses by passively checking the APs in range, you can send that data over an active connection and get your location:

http://www.maemopeople.org/index.php..._triangulation

It's how, for example, the iPhone and iPod Touch - both without GPS - do their location-based services.
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