Seattle PD Mum On Tracking By Its New Wi-Fi Mesh Network

An anonymous reader writes "The Stranger reports that Seattle's police department has installed a Wi-Fi mesh network paid for by the Department of Homeland Security. FTA: 'The SPD declined to answer more than a dozen questions from The Stranger, including whether the network is operational, who has access to its data, what it might be used for, and whether the SPD has used it (or intends to use it) to geo-locate people's devices via their MAC addresses or other identifiers.'"

Comments

changing it is a good idea regardless

[Anonymous Coward]

geo-locate people's devices via their MAC addresses

If you use public wireless at all, changing your MAC is just wise, for privacy reasons.

# ifconfig eth0 hw ether

Looks like Aruba mesh network with Airwave

[kaptink]

This just looks likely to be an out of the box Aruba Airwave (tracking) install on an Aruba MSR4000 mesh network. So just turn your wifi off when your not using it?