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Argent Stonecutter · 04-25-2011, 05:52 AM

IP address can now pin down your location to within a half mile

Adeon Writer · 04-25-2011, 08:39 AM

More and more I'm starting to think Internet anonymity was just a lucky fluke now being patched out.

Imnotgoing Sideways · 04-25-2011, 09:16 AM

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Step two: a selection of points within the possible area are selected, and these geographic points are converted into their corresponding postal ZIP codes. For each ZIP code found, a commercial mapping service is used to guess at a variety of possible businesses, schools, and other institutions in the area. The researchers are looking for locations that publish their street address on their website and also host their website from that same physical address. The websites of the candidate business are scraped, looking for a street address.

Does anyone even do that anymore? (O.o)

Also, you know the server hosting this forum, and the one hosting that web site received your domain name, IP address, ISP, ISP location, nearest router location, OS, OS language, browser, Javascript version, monitor resolution, monitor colour depth, and the page you followed the link from... Right? (^_^)

I LOVE reading the referral pages. A favorite is someone who found my blog by searching for "Female Orgasm Denial"... OH! And one from just an hour ago "girl using shenis" LAWL! XD

Meh... The "big brother is watching" tone of that article makes me immediately shrug it off... (=_=)y

**Erich Templar** · 04-25-2011, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Adeon Writer

More and more I'm starting to think Internet anonymity was just a lucky fluke now being patched out.

Well, the internet wasn't actually created with anonymity in mind ... so I guess your assessment is pretty much correct.

(Not that I regard this as a good thing...)

Argent Stonecutter · 04-25-2011, 09:19 AM

Generally when something gets presented at Usenix it means that they've actually tried it and it works, and often there's a copy of the source on the accompanying Usenix CD.

Imnotgoing Sideways · 04-25-2011, 09:23 AM

Police Beat the Hell Out of Child Porn Suspect, But Oops, Got the Wrong Guy << For example. =^-^=

Imnotgoing Sideways · 04-25-2011, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Argent Stonecutter

Generally when something gets presented at Usenix it means that they've actually tried it and it works, and often there's a copy of the source on the accompanying Usenix CD.

Yeah, cool. But, when an article gets to the point of saying this:

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send in the black helicopters

... I suddenly have the urge to see if the latest Megatokyo page got posted. (^_^)y

Argent Stonecutter · 04-25-2011, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Imnotgoing Sideways

Yeah, cool. But, when an article gets to the point of saying this:

... I suddenly have the urge to see if the latest Megatokyo page got posted. (^_^)y

Oh come on, I know you grok humor.

If you want to read the SERIOUS version, see http://www.usenix.org/events/nsdi11/.../Wang_Yong.pdf .

Imnotgoing Sideways · 04-25-2011, 09:45 AM

OMG... Given the file name of that PDF, I'm having second thoughts of opening it. (O.o)

Ooooh... There's a "u" missing. (o.o)

Imnotgoing Sideways · 04-25-2011, 09:46 AM

Geh! I had to Google "grok". You and your complex language!!! DX

Gabriell Anatra · 04-25-2011, 10:01 AM

We have no privacy from the govt. We never really have, that is those of us now alive at least, but now we're talking about privacy from other entities. We've also essentially lost the privacy battle against larger corporations, at least where the net is concerned. We're probably losing it against mid-size corporations as well.

That was without this sort of thing.

With this we've probably lost it against any Joe with a web site.

04-25-2011, 05:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 14,338	Timing attack on IP address location IP address can now pin down your location to within a half mile __________________ Argent Stonecutter -- Skyhook Station -- Coonspiracy Store "And now I'm going to show you something really cool." The previous is a cybernetic datum published - in direct contravention of DoD Regulation #229RR3X3 - as being conducive to the physical, psychological and/or social well-being of the population.

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04-25-2011, 08:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
Adeon Writer Senior Member Talks telepathically to himself Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,563 SL Join Date: May 2007	More and more I'm starting to think Internet anonymity was just a lucky fluke now being patched out.

04-25-2011, 09:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 14,338	Generally when something gets presented at Usenix it means that they've actually tried it and it works, and often there's a copy of the source on the accompanying Usenix CD.

04-25-2011, 09:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
Imnotgoing Sideways Rebel from the waist down LEGALIZE NIPPLES (^_^) Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Darkly Cute :: Ferguson Posts: 5,877 My Mood: SL Join Date: November, 2007 Business: Darkly Cute Client: NOT the same one I used yesterday... (<.<)	Police Beat the Hell Out of Child Porn Suspect, But Oops, Got the Wrong Guy << For example. =^-^=

04-25-2011, 09:45 AM	#9 (permalink)
Imnotgoing Sideways Rebel from the waist down LEGALIZE NIPPLES (^_^) Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Darkly Cute :: Ferguson Posts: 5,877 My Mood: SL Join Date: November, 2007 Business: Darkly Cute Client: NOT the same one I used yesterday... (<.<)	OMG... Given the file name of that PDF, I'm having second thoughts of opening it. (O.o) Ooooh... There's a "u" missing. (o.o)

04-25-2011, 09:46 AM	#10 (permalink)
Imnotgoing Sideways Rebel from the waist down LEGALIZE NIPPLES (^_^) Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Darkly Cute :: Ferguson Posts: 5,877 My Mood: SL Join Date: November, 2007 Business: Darkly Cute Client: NOT the same one I used yesterday... (<.<)	Geh! I had to Google "grok". You and your complex language!!! DX

04-25-2011, 10:01 AM	#11 (permalink)
Gabriell Anatra Imp Who are you? Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Somewhere else. Posts: 1,443 SL Join Date: Early '06 or late '05, not sure. Client: Cool VL, Singularity	We have no privacy from the govt. We never really have, that is those of us now alive at least, but now we're talking about privacy from other entities. We've also essentially lost the privacy battle against larger corporations, at least where the net is concerned. We're probably losing it against mid-size corporations as well. That was without this sort of thing. With this we've probably lost it against any Joe with a web site.

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