Archive for October, 2010

3D light projection

Pretty cool effects, 3D light projection on a 3D surface.

XSS vulnerability allows MAC address geolocation

Services like Skyhook and Google Maps provide geolocation services. This data is collected from cell phone towers and the MAC addresses of broadcasting wireless networks. Your phone or other device then looks up nearby wireless networks, towers, and uses the data to triangulate your location. Pretty awesome, huh? Well, turns out that one of Verizon’s [...]

Warrentless GPS tracking: perfect legal

Earlier this month, the Ninth Circuit Court rejected a hearing on the legality of evidence collected by a warrantless GPS tracking system installed by FBI agents on the vehicle of a man suspected of being involved in a cannabis grow operation in Oregon. Juan Pineda-Moreno of Oregon accepted a guilty plea with the condition that [...]