Re: Google doing a distributed wardrive?

[Adrian Crenshaw <irongeek () irongeek com>]

Sorry, but for anyone giving reports as to if it worked on not, please
specify if it was the script or Samy's page.

Thanks,
Adrian

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Joel Esler <joel.esler () me com> wrote:

> Mine wasn't even in the same town, let alone street, block, etc.
>
> Miles away.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Kim White <hotmojo () andronin za net>wrote:
>
> > Sammy's app worked for me although it was off by a few blocks.
> > --
> > KimW
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 16:38, Chris Teodorski <chris.teodorski () gmail com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > So using Sammys app, it nailed me right down to the address.  Using
> > > the script, it was 1 street and a couple houses off.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Robin Wood <robin () digininja org> wrote:
> > > > On 25 April 2011 10:57, Adrian Crenshaw <irongeek () irongeek com> wrote:
> > > > > Jim, do you get the same results with both the script and Samy's page?
> > > >
> > > > I tried Sammys app and it didn't get a location for any of the 3 MACs
> > > > that I tried with the script.
> > > >
> > > > Robin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Adrian
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Jim Halfpenny <
> > > jim.halfpenny () gmail com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > I got exactly the same behaviour with my non-android phone and home
> > > > > > router, a location bang in the centre of a nearby town. Perhaps
> > > google
> > > > > > have lowered the resolution of the service in the uk?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jim
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sunday, 24 April 2011, Robin Wood <robin () digininja org> wrote:
> > > > > > > On 24 April 2011 18:50, Adrian Crenshaw <irongeek () irongeek com>
> > > 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 "# shadow () squatthis net"
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >         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
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