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Geolocation XSS Tracker Proof of Concept 102

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 04, 2010 @12:23PM from the oh-thats-fine-i'm-sure dept.

Jamie found a bit of a scary link this morning that demonstrates a router XSS getting your MAC address and using it to map your current location. Which I'm sure is totally no big deal for anyone.

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Re:OMG: H4CK4RS ON STEROIDS! (Score:2, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 04, 2010 @12:42PM (#33785274)

Good job, dumbass. Now you are uniquely identifiable.

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Re:"from other data sources" (Score:3, Insightful)

by phantomcircuit ( 938963 ) writes: on Monday October 04, 2010 @12:44PM (#33785302) Homepage

MAC based geolocation of wireless routers is far more accurate than geolocation using ip alone.

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Re:OMG: H4CK4RS ON STEROIDS! (Score:2, Insightful)

by oldspewey ( 1303305 ) writes: on Monday October 04, 2010 @12:45PM (#33785314)

Candy Browser (Graham Cracker OS 4_1) Version/2.7
Hell, it can't be any worse at rendering standard HTML/CSS than IE.

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