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Article #181Re: NEWS: Google accused of criminal intent over StreetView data
From: danny burstein
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:31
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:31
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In <4c1317d5$0$1606$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> qm@sonic.net (Brad Allen) writes: >" > 1. MAC addresses (Bob Metcalfe et al& Std Bodies) are used, not SSIDs. >" As I pointed out the router is being changed and hence the MAC address >" is changed. >Sorry; the almost irrelevant SSID mention threw me off and I didn't do >detailed reading. Your principle is correct: the MAC address >therefore changes. Are the numbers of people using ISP provided WiFi routers (for which they probably pay $10 or so/month extra) that high? And doubly so, is there that huge a turnover where you (the earlier poster) are? I'm much more familiar with areas where the WiFi routers tend to be about 90 percent third party and owned by the consumer (i.e. Linksys, D-Link, etc.). And the churn is less than 5 percent/year... -- _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
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