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05 Oct 2010, 4:16 am

Someone has created a web page that will geolocate your (or anyone else's) MAC address and generate a Google map of the location, if one is discovered, using the techniques described in earlier posts. http://www.samy.pl/mapxss/



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10 Oct 2010, 5:58 pm

StuartN wrote:
Asp-Z wrote:
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The Mac address is readily obtained by any device on the same subnet, using a command like nmap.


So running something like NoScript will prevent this?


Of course not. That exploit collected assumed geographic location as people visited a web site, but targeted IP scanning just needs the machine switched on (run ZoneAlarm or similar and you will see that your own machine is probably probed once in a while).


ZoneAlarm? What's that?


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11 Oct 2010, 4:29 pm

Roxas_XIII wrote:
ZoneAlarm? What's that?


ZoneAlarm is a free Windows firewall and network monitor. It reports and blocks every attempt to access your computer from the internet, and every attempt by software on your computer to access the internet, until you actively choose to block or allow the port / host or the executable. There must be many other good products, but ZoneAlarm had a reputation as a safe download with effective features.

Linux users have ufw / iptables installed and might want to add gufw, FireStarter or something similar for easy GUI use. Firestarter monitors and reports access attempts.



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12 Oct 2010, 5:55 am

StuartN wrote:
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But unless you're openly plotting to kill the president or something of that level, ...


I think the best and safest course of action is to assume that nothing you do on the internet is anonymous or untraceable. If you work from that assumption and act appropriately, then you are unlikely to attract any attention and unlikely to come to harm.


This.

There are companies that will give you a way to surf the Internet anonymously, but even then, everything that goes over the wire is mirrored by the NSA/CIA, so if they wanted to, they could eventually figure out where something came from. However, it would likely be a sizable investment of time and resources.

Also, such services aren't that affordable. You have to link in through their system to do everything.