On 24 April 2011 22:08, Adrian Crenshaw <[email protected]> wrote: > The thing is, you have to test the script with someone who you know is far > away. The script sometimes falls back on geo locating based on the IP of the > device it's ran from, which is annoying as hell. Not sure how Samy gets > around this.
OK, Send us your MAC address and we can send you back the results. Robin > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 24 April 2011 18:50, Adrian Crenshaw <[email protected]> wrote: >> > The topic of Android phones reporting the access points they see back to >> > Google interests me. I had been talking to Kevin Johnson about it just >> > last >> > week. Today I heard about Samy's project from ISD: >> > >> > http://samy.pl/androidmap >> > >> > But awhile back at Hack3con, DaKahuna showed me this script: >> > >> > >> > #!/bin/bash >> > if [ $# != 1 ]; then >> > echo "# Google Gears WiFi Geolocation API query, by >> > ShadowHatesYou" >> > echo "# [email protected]" >> > >> > echo "#" >> > echo "# Use: $0 MAC " >> > echo "# $0 00-C0-26-A9-42-F7" >> > echo "#" >> > exit; >> > fi; >> > >> > curl http://www.google.com/loc/json -H "Pragma: no-cache" -H >> > "Cache-control: >> > no-cache" -d "{ \"version\": \"1.1.0\", \"host\": \"maps.google.com\", >> > \"request_address\": true, \"address_language\": \"en_GB\", >> > \"wifi_towers\": >> > [ { \"mac_address\": \"$1\", \"signal_strength\": 8, \"age\": 0 } ] }" >> > >> > It apparently ties a MAC address to a geo-location. When he put in the >> > MAC >> > address for my class router, he was able to find it's location when I >> > had it >> > on down in Atlanta (I doubt a Google streets car just happened to be >> > going >> > by at that time). Unfortunatly, I'd sometimes get bad results from the >> > script above (it would use my current IP instead of the MAC I gave it to >> > do >> > the geo location), maybe Samy's stuff will work better. >> > >> > Geo locating the router is not such a big deal I suppose, but DaKahuna >> > also >> > said he was able to pic up the location of an Android phone if he knew >> > it's >> > MAC address. Anyone care to test this for me? Might be interesting if >> > you >> > could track someones location only be seeing their MAC address once. All >> > I've been able to replicate is the location of a router MAC. >> >> I just tried this script with my MBP, my wifes phone and my own phone. >> All three come down to the same lat/long which is the other side of >> the city to where I am but at least gets the city right. >> >> Robin >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "isdpodcast" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/isdpodcast?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > "The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit." ~ W. Somerset > Maugham > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
