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The BSSID Black Market: Who Is Selling Home WiFi Maps?
Original: 📡 The BSSID Black Market: Who's Selling Home WiFi Maps? → https:// telegra.ph/The-BSSID-Black-Mar ket-Whos-Selling-Home-
A new write-up examines the trade in BSSID data, the unique identifiers of WiFi routers, and how companies compile databases mapping these identifiers to physical locations. The piece raises concerns that such mapping allows precise location tracking of home routers, often collected via wardriving and mobile devices, and questions who is buying and selling this data and under what privacy safeguards.
Why now: Growing public concern about location privacy and how WiFi positioning data is collected and sold
BSSIDWiFi positioning providersTelegraph (telegra.ph)
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- 📡 The BSSID Black Market: Who's Selling Home WiFi Maps? → https:// telegra.ph/The-BSSID-Black-Mar ket-Whos-Selling-Home-WiFi-Maps-08-17 # wifi # surveillance # privacy # infosec · monniele@infosec.exchange · 2
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