On 7/3/2013 12:43 AM, scott wrote:
>> IP really is, just which poor saps router you are on, and, even then,
>> unless you got the addresses of every single person paying for internet
>> access, and somehow tracked the specific router IP, to every single one
>> of those illegally obtained addresses.... lol
>
> Google probably has such a database. If I turn on wifi on my phone, even
> without connecting to any access point, then it suddenly knows which
> great accuracy where I am (far better than using phone signal
> triangulation alone). I imagine it gathers this data from people who
> have GPS turned on at the same time as wifi and then cross-references
> the two. Now it wouldn't be impossible for Google to also store the IP
> address (and MAC?) of the internet-side of the access point if you are
> connected to it.
Hmm. Interesting. But, still only works if the ID is being broadcast, so 
it "detectable", and other factors. So.. yeah, its still pretty absurd 
an idea.

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