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2byte
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 356 |
Heads up folks. First demonstration of the true purpose of Google's data gathering? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10850875
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PaulBx1
Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 2308 Location: Wyoming, USA |
Now the question is, which routers are vulnerable? Is there a way to check our router? etc... |
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jpeps
Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 2449 |
I just installed Ghostery plugin, which offers some help regarding trackers. |
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Lobster
Official Crustacean  Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15109 Location: Paradox Realm |
Perhaps . . .
http://www.ghostery.com/faq Perhaps not . . . _________________ Puppy WIKI |
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jpeps
Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 2449 |
Paragraph 2: "Better Advertising is not involved in the collection or sale of any information for advertising purposes. We are not an advertising network or data collection service. We do not collect any data (behavioral or otherwise) for ad targeting, either by ourselves or by third parties." So far, the ad-on has been helpful blocking lots of trackers. It also gives you information about each site it finds. |
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Pizzasgood
 Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 6270 Location: Knoxville, TN, USA |
Change your router's default password, and that will solve the bulk of the problem from what I can tell. But I wouldn't be surprised if the router's MAC can be obtained in other ways. Another thing you can do is simply change your router's MAC address. Many routers have that as an option in their web-based configuration. That would make any data Google has about it obsolete. And from what I understand, this data was obtained by the streetview crew, so if you live in a region that has not ben street-viewed (such as out in the boondocks where I grew up) you have no issue. Also, if you don't have a wireless router, or have changed it since they mapped you, you also have no issue. Your MAC address is useless to them, as they don't know it. Here is the URL to his webpage about that attack vector, which apparently contains a demo for people using a Verizon FiOS router. I have encrypted the URL with ROT13 as a safety precaution, because this guy has been convicted of hacking in the past and I don't want some nooblet whining to me if anything happens while they're over there. uggc://fnzl.cy/znckff/ _________________ Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. --Muad'Dib  |
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John Lewis
Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 148 Location: Albany West Australia |
Grabbed this from Mepis forum. I gave it a try and the coods for me were pretty close. John Does Google know where you are? Try this terminal command and find out. Edit: make sure curl is installed. Working wifi device is required, too. Link: http://foss-boss.blogspot.com/2010/08/bash-oneliner-get-gps-location-street.html Basically it sends an iwlist scan of nearby wifi signals to Google, and then Google compares that with its known database. |
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tubby
Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 317 |
And if you weren't on it you could be now, nice one 
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John Lewis
Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 148 Location: Albany West Australia |
Yes, Guess it might now have the list of nearby wifi but they won't be keyed to the GPS location as it would have been if it was working when they did your street. I did notice that the street address they gave me was quite a way off. John |
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