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Screenshot of github.com: WaveDigger: Dig into wireless signals to discover their physical locations

WaveDigger: Dig into wireless signals to discover their physical locations (github.com)

116 points by 882542F3884314B 1 month ago | 22 comments

GitHub repository for WaveDigger, an AGPL-licensed web app that looks up BSSIDs and cell towers in Apple's public Wi-Fi positioning service to find their locations.

wifi-geolocation bssid apple-wps osint

Screenshot of arxiv.org: Surveilling the masses with wi-fi-based positioning systems

Surveilling the masses with wi-fi-based positioning systems (arxiv.org)

413 points by belter 2 years ago | 138 comments

arXiv paper showing how Apple's Wi-Fi-based positioning system can be abused to geolocate over 2 billion BSSIDs worldwide and track device movements.

wi-fi-positioning apple privacy geolocation

#bssid on Hacker News

WaveDigger: Dig into wireless signals to discover their physical locations(github.com)

Surveilling the masses with wi-fi-based positioning systems(arxiv.org)

WaveDigger: Dig into wireless signals to discover their physical locations (github.com)

Surveilling the masses with wi-fi-based positioning systems (arxiv.org)