Pv8man
join:2008-07-24
Hammond, IN | It's not the SSID that bothers me. It's not the SSID that bothers me, its the collection of the MAC address of the router that makes me weary.
/Tin foil hat on/
Wonder how long it will be before big brother wants a copy of that data from Google.
/Tin foil hat off/
SSID's are easily changeable. MAC addresses, not so easily spoofed. I wonder how easily it would be to try to effectively eliminate methods of anonymity if they can identify your traffic by having the MAC of your router. |
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| said by Pv8man:SSID's are easily changeable. MAC addresses, not so easily spoofed. I wonder how easily it would be to try to effectively eliminate methods of anonymity if they can identify your traffic by having the MAC of your router.
I think it is really easy to clone a MAC.
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csnyder
join:2007-09-10
Grand Rapids, MI | reply to Pv8man
said by Pv8man:SSID's are easily changeable. MAC addresses, not so easily spoofed. I wonder how easily it would be to try to effectively eliminate methods of anonymity if they can identify your traffic by having the MAC of your router.
MAC addresses aren't transmitted beyond the first hop (except for IPv6 without privacy extensions - even in this case, it'd be the MAC address of your computer - not the router - that's exposed).
Also, Google isn't collecting the MAC address that anyone outside of your network would ever see - they're collecting the BSSID of the network, which is typically the MAC address of your router's internal network interface (not the external, cable modem-facing one).
Furthermore, if the omnipotent Big Brother wanted to know the BSSID if your router, they can easily obtain it themselves by driving down your street - no need to risk exposing their venture by asking for the cooperation of third parties. |
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 alkizmo
join:2007-06-25
Pierrefonds, QC
kudos:1 | Oh no! Somebody saw my license plate!
PRIVACY BREACH! |
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said by Pv8man:It's not the SSID that bothers me, its the collection of the MAC address of the router that makes me weary. It makes some people scared, but you're the first person that's said it makes him tired. 
said by Pv8man:SSID's are easily changeable. MAC addresses, not so easily spoofed. I wonder how easily it would be to try to effectively eliminate methods of anonymity if they can identify your traffic by having the MAC of your router. Wrong... see »www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-ch···d-linux/ |
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| Well I'd like to look up my old roommate - who owes me $, via his SSID, which is pretty original...
Do any google employees have access to the directory? If so, what if they are in the same situation as I? The fact is, the majority of people don't know that hiding their SSID is even an option on their routers, let alone how to do it. It's just 1 more, of many, many ways, to find you. |
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bizsar
join:2005-08-25
Beaverton, OR | So yeah...all this fuss...but just where in Google Maps can I see this data? Where in GoggleLand can I see my or my neighbor's SSID and info???
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