WiGLE in the News - Ars Technica
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:20 pm
WiGLE in Ars. Starts a bit sensational, but then gets rational:
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2 ... ncerns.arsIt's also not clear just how big the privacy issue even is. The MAC addresses of stationary Wi-Fi access points are not in any meaningful sense "private"—they're broadcast to the world, and the only information they can communicate is the device or chipset's manufacturer.