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The Seattle Police Department purchased a “mesh network” in February that will be used by emergency responders, but which will also be capable of tracking anyone with Wi-Fi enabled device.
The network is not yet turned on, according to Seattle Police, but once it is, it will be able to determine the IP address, device type, downloaded applications, current location, and historical location of any device that searches for a Wi-Fi signal. The network is capable of storing that information for the previous 1,000 times a particular device attempted to access a Wi-Fi signal.
CallYourBluff
Install a Linux distro. Change your MAC address and scramble your ip. Simple.
CallYourBluff
Install a Linux distro. Change your MAC address and scramble your ip. Simple.
schuyler
CallYourBluff
Install a Linux distro. Change your MAC address and scramble your ip. Simple.
The MAC address is embedded into the device. It's in firmware installed by the manufacturer of the hardware device. Indeed, you can tell who made the device by the code in the MAC address. HP has a different code than Apple, for example. You can't just change it. This has nothing to do with Linux vs. Windows. It's independent of the OS.
CallYourBluff
reply to post by opethPA
Learn a little bit about Linux and then we'll talk.
olaru12
As I talk with some under 35 year olds; this doesn't bother them at all...
It's a brave new world
caladonea
reply to post by olaru12
Where is a link to the source of your information?edit on 11-11-2013 by caladonea because: edit
burdman30ott6
Here's a novel idea that our people managed to survive comfortably through for thousands of years: Try living without a cell phone or other networked mobile device.
Problem solved.