"Residential Wi-Fi Mapping Database Revealed"
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:35 pm
Found on Slashdot: Residential Wi-Fi Mapping Database Revealed pointing to an article: Enormous Database of Wifi Routers - Including Yours! - Revealed by AOL and Skyhook Announcement.
This will probably cause a number of extra visitors to wigle as wigle is mentioned a few times in the comments on slashdot.
Yes, wireless access-points can be mapped easily Both by weird hobbyists driving and biking around your neighbourhood and by Big Evil Greedy companies. Time for a warning sticker on all boxes of wireless equipment: "Wifi signals may reveal your location".
edit: and skyhook wireless has more locations (in the US and Canada) than wigle has worldwide!
Footnote: Somebody looking for a paid wardriving job ?
This will probably cause a number of extra visitors to wigle as wigle is mentioned a few times in the comments on slashdot.
Yes, wireless access-points can be mapped easily Both by weird hobbyists driving and biking around your neighbourhood and by Big Evil Greedy companies. Time for a warning sticker on all boxes of wireless equipment: "Wifi signals may reveal your location".
edit: and skyhook wireless has more locations (in the US and Canada) than wigle has worldwide!
Footnote: Somebody looking for a paid wardriving job ?