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Geolocation XSS Tracker Proof of Concept

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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.

3 of 102 comments (clear)

  1. Re:OMG: H4CK4RS ON STEROIDS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Good job, dumbass. Now you are uniquely identifiable.

  2. Re:"from other data sources" by phantomcircuit · · Score: 2, Insightful

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

  3. Re:OMG: H4CK4RS ON STEROIDS! by oldspewey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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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