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Chat => Entertainment & Technology => Topic started by: soopahfly on April 23, 2011, 20:53:33 PM

Title: Google Location Tracking - We Know Where You Live!
Post by: soopahfly on April 23, 2011, 20:53:33 PM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/22/google_android_privacy_concerns/

If you've got a Wi-Fi network, chances are Google has used its top-selling Android mobile operating system to store your router's precise location and broadcast it for all the world to see.

Google has been compiling the publicly accessible database of router locations in its quest to build a service, a la Skyhook, that pinpoints the exact location of internet users who use its sites. Now, hobbyist hacker Samy Kamkar has developed a site that demonstrates just how comprehensive Google's catalog is.

Plug the MAC address of your router into Kamkar's website, and chances are it will pull up its precise location, courtesy of Google Maps.

http://samy.pl/androidmap/

Got me, bang on :o
Title: Re: Google Location Tracking - We Know Where You Live!
Post by: DEViANCE on April 23, 2011, 21:17:38 PM
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Title: Re: Google Location Tracking - We Know Where You Live!
Post by: Eggtastico on April 23, 2011, 21:39:30 PM
iphones supposed to do something similar
http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+is+Tracking+iPhone+iPad+Users+Location+Easily+Mapped+With+OS+X+App/article21429.htm
Title: Re: Google Location Tracking - We Know Where You Live!
Post by: Eagle on April 23, 2011, 23:10:32 PM
Where do I find my router BSSID/MAC address?
Title: Re: Google Location Tracking - We Know Where You Live!
Post by: chaotic_uk on April 23, 2011, 23:36:10 PM
QuoteIf you've got a Wi-Fi network, chances are Google has used its top-selling Android mobile operating system to store your router's precise location and broadcast it for all the world to see.

is this not against the law in the uk ?
Title: Re: Google Location Tracking - We Know Where You Live!
Post by: soopahfly on April 24, 2011, 08:06:15 AM
Quote from: Eagle on April 23, 2011, 23:10:32 PM
Where do I find my router BSSID/MAC address?

Depends on the router.
Title: Re: Google Location Tracking - We Know Where You Live!
Post by: Quixoticish on April 24, 2011, 08:23:31 AM
Bang on correct for me.
Title: Re: Google Location Tracking - We Know Where You Live!
Post by: Eagle on April 24, 2011, 08:53:10 AM
Blimey - accurate to +/- 3 metres...  :worried:
Title: Re: Google Location Tracking - We Know Where You Live!
Post by: Binary Shadow on April 24, 2011, 20:51:46 PM
WTF? this cant be legal surely?
Title: Re: Google Location Tracking - We Know Where You Live!
Post by: filbert on April 25, 2011, 00:24:02 AM
Close, got the right street, but the wrong end.
Title: Re: Google Location Tracking - We Know Where You Live!
Post by: chaotic_uk on April 25, 2011, 02:42:55 AM
Quote from: Binary Shadow on April 24, 2011, 20:51:46 PM
WTF? this cant be legal surely?

unless something has change as of late as far as i know it is not
Title: Re: Google Location Tracking - We Know Where You Live!
Post by: XEntity on April 25, 2011, 11:19:00 AM
Scary only a couple of houses out!
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