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  • Improving YOUR Online Security [Windows 10 & 11, Randomize your WiFi address]

    09/05/2024 3:00:40 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 40 replies
    market-ticker.or ^ | 8/22/2024 | Karl Denninger
    Its a small difference, but a real one.Go into your operating system and for all WiFi connections set MAC address randomization.For Windows 11 it is under Network & Internet -> WiFi right at the bottom -- "Random hardware addresses."For Android it is on by default for WiFi connections -- check all of them you use, and it should be on.I suspect IOS on Macs has a similar feature.Unfortunately for most systems there is no similar setting for hardware connections (e.g. cabled.)This didn't used to matter much in the world of IPv4 because MAC addresses do not travel beyond the local...
  • Web attack knows where you live

    08/03/2010 1:58:12 PM PDT · by LibWhacker · 23 replies · 33+ views
    BBC ^ | 8/3/10
    One visit to a booby-trapped website could direct attackers to a person's home, a security expert has shown. The attack, thought up by hacker Samy Kamkar, exploits shortcomings in many routers to find out a key identification number. It uses this number and widely available net tools to find out where a router is located. Demonstrating the attack, Mr Kamkar located one router to within nine metres of its real world position.