Monday, July 19, 2010

Wardriving: Invasion of Privacy

This seems to becoming a common part of Imperial Life... of course the Imperium is a dangerous place with Inquisitors, Witches and ZombYs on every corner. The more they know about you the easier it is for them to abuse you. But you are probably more curious as to what wardriving actually is...
The term wardriving was coined by American security expert Peter Shipley about 10 years ago, and refers to the practice of driving around looking for wireless networks.
- ABC News
Your motives behind this depends on whether your a white hat or a black hate (I know hacker lingo so I'm cool). How does this relate to your privacy? Rather simple really...
Internet users with home wireless networks have been urged to ensure their connections are secure as investigations into Google's data collection continue to make news. The Australian Privacy Commissioner issued a report last week ruling Google broke the law by capturing data from insecure wireless networks and an Australian Federal Police probe is still underway... The discovery that Google was intercepting wireless data made headlines around the world. But curious "wardrivers" say home networks have long been vulnerable.
- ABC News
So typical of Google. They replace Microsoft and now they want to abuse you too.

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