Yeah, my IP says I am from Arnhem, while I am closer to Amsterdam, but actually in Purmerend.
I've got my cable modem set to a Mac address from China. Just to see what it will say in a year from now
You imply that they can simply tap into your computer and access the information. Not true. You first have to browse to a website that is collecting the data, and then explicitly allow it. It doesn't work like phone line tracing or IP Address tracing. (IP Address "tracing" doesn't exist, anyways. All law enforcement agencies do is go to your ISP with the IP Address and subpoena them for the customer's information, including address. At least this is the way it works here in the United States - I don't know about laws in other countries.)Blatant promotion: http://theamericandictator.com/cont...er-cellphone.-Really!
I blogged about this before. Google's Geolocation is actually more acurate than a GPS than you realize... While they don't, as usual disclose their algorithms, enough public information exists to figure it out.....
Go out and buy a new router, it still doesn't matter. When you allow google to "determine your location", what it does is query your wireless signals. Go ahead, pull up your wireless widgit now. How many SSIDs do you see? 4? 5? AND their signal strengths..... It is a simple algorithm to take the list of SSIDs your computer wireless sees, with signal strength, and triangulate your position.
Within a building. Something GPS cannot even do.
Think about it. Now think about law enforcement. Do you really think law enforcement, from ALL over the world, wouldn't want the ability to pinpoint you? Google "asks" for permission to access your ssid info. Law enforcement won't.
Now imagine a 'friends map' where all your friends locations are pinned...
*drool*
I just noticed that your location field hyperlinks to Google Maps. I found this to be pretty awesome
So while the WiFi method of location can work well in areas with abundant access points, I would still argue that GPS is the more accurate solution.
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