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Re: [Full-disclosure] Geolocation Question

From: <Valdis.Kletnieks_at_nospam>
Date: Thu Jan 07 2010 - 22:12:48 GMT
To: Dan Kaminsky <dan@doxpara.com>

On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:07:01 +0100, Dan Kaminsky said:
> No, he uses an XSS against the router to pull its wireless MAC, and then
> puts that into Firefox's location services API. That bounces off various
> wardriving sources and comes up with a latlong.

OK, so it only works against wireless routers that have been wardriven already. Makes you wonder what's on those Google Street-View trucks besides a camera. ;)

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