full-disclosure - Re: Geolocation Question

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 23:14:36 +0100
From: Dan Kaminsky <dan@...para.com>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc: "McGhee, Eddie" <Eddie.McGhee@....com>,
	"full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Geolocation Question

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:12 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@...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"

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