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Re. iOS broadcasting their last 3 wireless networks have a look at https://github.com/hubert3/iSniff-GPS believe it was presented at blackhat On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:49 AM, Patrick Laverty <[email protected]>wrote: > I think Stop & Shop grocery stores are doing something tangential to this. > If you use their in-store price scanner, it will beep at you on occasion, > telling you about deals on an item that just happens to be in the aisle > you're standing in! So while they might not know who *I* am (or they > might), they sure know where I am in the store. > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Joe Ashbrook <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I just wanted to throw this out there as I rarely hear anything about >> 802.11 tracking. Aside from a few companies, such as Path Intelligence or >> Skyhook (SpotRank technology), I never hear of any commercial systems that >> attempt to track mobile devices (users). Of course, the companies listed >> above are rather opaque in describing how their technology works. >> >> As everyone on this mailing list is aware, basic 802.11 "hacking" >> techniques can provide a lot of useful information on mobile devices and >> their users. I am surprised there has not been more commercial interest in >> data mining of mobile devices. Especially given that staying withing the >> data link layer has proven to be legal - or so it seems the golden rule is >> to not include payload... >> >> Anyways, in this era of "Big Data" I expected to see more retailers (or >> any commercial entity) interested in collecting information about devices >> within physical proximity of them. I expect the most powerful use in >> analyzing mobile device data would be in a deanonymized form, and perhaps >> due to privacy concerns is why companies are shy to experiment with this, >> or already are and just keep in on the DL. >> >> I envision retailers using this type of technology to create 'shopper' >> profiles. For instance, reconstructing a devices preferred network list (by >> capturing directed probe requests) may give them information about where >> else a shopper visits (directed probe request for SSID 'Panera'). Or, cross >> referencing with other shoppers PNL, may be able to identify relationships >> among shoppers (directed probe request from Joe's device SSID >> "ByteMe", directed probe request from Tim's device for SSID "ByteMe"). >> >> For a final project in completing my undergrad degree I wrote a paper on >> this, which I attached if anyone cares to skim it. It has some code at the >> end for a Kismet protocol dissector to insert 802.11 probes in a mysql db. >> This was a proof of concept for the class intended only as an >> academic exercise. >> >> I recall some researcher (~ a year ago) explaining how iOS devices will >> broadcast their last 3 wireless networks connected, which I never heard >> anything else about. So I know this is not a new topic. Being such a >> fascinating subject I am curious if anyone else has some input in regards >> to this. >> >> -Joe >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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