Here is a slightly disturbing fact about wireless networks. Did you know Google uses its Android mobile operating system to collect Wi-Fi routers GPS location and store them in a public database? You can put in a router's MAC address (e.g. 08:00:69:02:01:FC) and see its precise location on Google Maps using this site (http://samy.pl/androidmap/).
Note: MAC address definition (from Wikipedia):
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Find the precise location of just about any Wi-Fi router
Posted on 10:35 PM by Unknown
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