Pings, pongs, proxies, and privacy
Posted by Eric Stein - November 13, 2006 CE @ 21:09:38 UTC
What if I told you that using the IP of your phone I could track your movements to a certain extent? If I knew when you stopped moving? How solid the building you're in is?
Well, I'm telling you. I think you can interpret this un-tampered with data (minus the IP, of course) for yourself.
Stationary, inside a wood frame building:
It's all in the variance. You might want to firewall your cellphone.
Well, I'm telling you. I think you can interpret this un-tampered with data (minus the IP, of course) for yourself.
Stationary, inside a wood frame building:
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=1 ttl=237 time=212.818 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=2 ttl=237 time=216.064 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=3 ttl=237 time=220.900 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=4 ttl=237 time=196.416 ms
Walking accross campus:64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=2 ttl=237 time=216.064 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=3 ttl=237 time=220.900 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=4 ttl=237 time=196.416 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=79 ttl=237 time=220.914 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=80 ttl=237 time=2332.255 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=81 ttl=237 time=1348.074 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=82 ttl=237 time=360.149 ms
Stationary, inside a brick library:64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=80 ttl=237 time=2332.255 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=81 ttl=237 time=1348.074 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=82 ttl=237 time=360.149 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=156 ttl=237 time=375.544 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=157 ttl=237 time=385.727 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=158 ttl=237 time=395.610 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=159 ttl=237 time=385.113 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=157 ttl=237 time=385.727 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=158 ttl=237 time=395.610 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=159 ttl=237 time=385.113 ms
It's all in the variance. You might want to firewall your cellphone.
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