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Hacker pilfers browser GPS location via router attack

Posted on August 9th, 2010 at 18:58 by John Sinteur in category: Privacy, Security

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If you’re surfing the web from a wireless router supplied by some of the biggest device makers, there’s a chance Samy Kamkar can identify your geographic location.

That’s because WiFi access points made by Westell and others are vulnerable to XSS, or cross-site scripting, attacks that can siphon a device’s media access control address with one wayward click of the mouse. Once in possession of the unique identifier, Kamkar can plug it in to Google’s Google Location Services and determine where you are.


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  1. Small nuance: he can identify where the access point is

  2. So it’s only accurate to about 20 meters? Wow, I’m relieved!

How neutrality locks in the web’s ‘Hyper Giants’

Posted on August 9th, 2010 at 18:29 by John Sinteur in category: News

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A real net neutrality law would have to give every company equal access at equal rates to Akamai or Google’s caching servers – and I can’t see that happening, not even in North Korea.


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