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Re: wireless geolocation

2017-06-06 17:38:33
bssid/macs are manufacturer based but there are companies that provide
positioning services based on learning where those MACs are -- typically
combining such MAC based Wi-Fi/Bluetooth information with IP, GPS, ...
information to try to get an accurate location. If you happen to be in a
hotel function room and can only see meeting provided APs, so you can't see
any fixed local APs, you can easily get Geolocated to the previous meeting
site.

Thanks,
Donald
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On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Randy Bush <randy(_at_)psg(_dot_)com> wrote:

Geolocation via topologically defined addresses is silly. Why do we
care about fixing it?

i was not aware that bssid/macs were topologically assigned.  i thought
they were mfr based.  i guess slaac can be used to confuddle the two. :)

randy


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