[dundee] Google location tracking can invade privacy, hackers say

[Tom Stott]

Thats a little disturbing...... Bang on!

On 25 April 2011 14:55, Colin Brough <Colin.Brough at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> I popped my (3+ yrd old) router's MAC address in; apparently I'm
> somewhere in the Rhondda Valley in Wales... No Android devices in the
> house, but a number of friends who visit reasonably regularly do...
>
> Cheers
>
> Colin
>
>
> Axel wrote:
>
>> I've bought a new Wi-Fi router after Google has stopped collecting Wi-Fi
>> data in Germany, this router is approx. four weeks old and isn't in the
>> database.
>>
>> There is one Android device in our household (proudly it isn't my), so
>> this means:
>>
>> 1) Not every device is talking to Google.
>> 2) The database is four or more weeks old.
>>
>> My Suggestion: Change the MAC Address of your Wi-Fi router; best with a
>> real from the database, from the other side of Dundee and Google and the
>> users are confused.
>>
>> Axel
>>
>>
>> Quoting Robert Ladyman <it at file-away.co.uk>:
>>
>>  I put one of my wireless MAC addresses in and, yes, it gives the location
>>>
>>> http://samy.pl/androidmap/
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/22/google_android_privacy_concerns/
>>>
>>>
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> --
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> Cheers
>
> Colin
>
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