No, he uses an XSS against the router to pull its wireless MAC, and then puts that into Firefox's location services API. That bounces off various wardriving sources and comes up with a latlong.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:26:26 EST, "McGhee, Eddie" said: > > > I only have one question how does Google get the information of MAC > address's and locations. > > I suspect it's a case of bad reporting and they confused MAC and IP > addresses: > > "For now, it works only on FiOS routers supplied by Verizon, and then only > when > users are logged in to the device's administrative panel." > > I'm guessing it works by poking the router, asking it what its upstream IP > address is, and then geolocating that. > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >
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