Slashdot Mirror
Office Surveillance: Locating And Tracking 802.11b
securitas writes "The NY Times recently ran an article about locating and tracking users of 802.11b WiFi networks in three dimensions using triangulation (Google) with multiple base stations. The goal is to create context-aware networks that can allocate bandwidth and provide location-based services such as uploading relevant information to a PDA. The article can be seen in a new light when coupled with the growth in workplace surveillance of employees by corporate executives (Google / short version at IHT) and the associated practical, ethical and legal problems. Interlink Networks 802.11 wireless detection and tracking white paper (PDF)." (This seems as good a place as any to mention Kensington's handheld 802.11 detector; they claim it to be the only such device on the market today. This is the cheapest detector I've seen; have the others all disappeared?)
Do I see Google links in that article? ;)
--
One by one the penguins steal my sanity...
I have another couple of requirements too:
1) doesn't require a computer to access web pages
2) has lots of internal memory and automatically download all my MP3
3) Connects to slashdot and checks any new articles
4) if it's encrypted, automatically tries to infiltrate itselt
5) costs less than $10
thank you...
how long until
They were tracked and located.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
With this in place I just have to set up my laptop so that the network card turns on and off at the right times, and my boss can just sit in his office with that smug look thinking that I'm working my tail off while I'm sitting in the star bucks with my laptop working away.... Oh kr4p. Does Kensington sell an 802.11b emitter?
Now my boss can track me down to the bathroom if I keep my PDA with me
KappaStone