Even if the browser was super locked down you could trivially spoof a few SSIDs broadcast from the desired area in theory..

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DrawTR 8 hours ago | parent [-]

The SSID (name, like the article mentions) is different than the bSSID (mac address of the access point), so I don't think it would be that easy to spoof.

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kbaker 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That would be a fun project. Capture some WiFi geolocation data and rebroadcast it later with an ESP32 that switches its BSSID/SSID/frequency/transmit power to match an existing fingerprint.

And then see if you can be magically transported somewhere else.

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1bpp 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Shouldn't be any harder than the name.

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DrawTR 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Do most consumer APs/routers allow you to just change the MAC address on the fly? I don't think the ones I've owned have ever allowed that. But that would certainly be interesting to try (if you were somewhere without any other address interference that would tip it off)

	▲	stackskipton 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Some will let you change it but it's almost always static since changing AP MAC Address will cause network disruptions for all connected clients. Sure, some hacker somewhere will screw with these databases by rotating their AP MAC Address regularly but 99.9% are not going to touch it and 99.9% is good enough for location databases.
	▲	Aachen 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Pretty sure the laptop I had from like 2012 until 2018 could do that. Haven't tried anymore since (haven't played around with deauths) but I thought this was common functionality Consumer router firmware UIs, typically owned by ISPs, I'd not expect that yeah. Some don't even let you pick a WiFi band anymore and require other changes to be submitted through an ISP portal on the web somewhere (thinking of Belgium here, not sure which ISP it was)