BenB
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 10:52 AM |
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Wow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10850875
Now that's sinister hacking 
Instant geo-location!
Think I might change my MAC address!
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smart51
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 11:19 AM |
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That's one for the next series of Spooks.
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Liam
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 11:33 AM |
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What's more worrying is that Google has a mac-to-location database for Streetview in the first place (why?), not that somebody used it!
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rallyingden
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 11:36 AM |
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Oh and by the way The page you are reading about the hacking is the Booby trap page that reads your Mac address...
only kidding
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 11:44 AM |
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All this paranoia....
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Mind you, just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they are not after you 
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 12:38 PM |
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I would be very surprised if people or "Organisations" hadnt been doing this for years.....
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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mookaloid
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 12:44 PM |
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it seems to say that it is firefox that is part of the problem - I'm happy because I don't use it
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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MikeR
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 01:12 PM |
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but you do have to turn the feature on before its an issue
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 02:16 PM |
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Anyone here got an iPhone? Ever used the "Locate me" feature? How do you think this works?
Nothing new here folks.
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