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Re: [Full-disclosure] Geolocation Question
From: mrx <mrx_at_nospam>Date: Thu Jan 07 2010 - 22:50:25 GMT
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Dan Kaminsky wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:12 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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. ;)
>>
>
> www.wigle.net and SkyHook have been doing this stuff for a while. Though I
> suppose there is that rule, "It's only creepy if Google does it"
>
Disabling ssid broadcast doesn't mitigate detection either, well not by more than a couple of minutes. If you don't need wireless access disable it.
I used to think Microsoft were creepy. I still think Microsoft are creepy, especially after discovering the phone home features in Win 7. Google on the other hand are plain scary, thankfully unlike Microsoft they are entirely altruistic.
mrx
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