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Re: GPS

Postby Detection » January 13th, 2011, 4:17 pm

G1dd3n wrote:So the bluetooth hardware is there but just "turned off" seems like and odd thing to do.



I dont think there is any bluetooth hardware inside the scroll

The android OS just has all the system files still intact that a phone would have running, and the phone would have the bluetooth hardware.

Just like the 3 radio files, phone, mms and telephony that are running by default eating the battery, even though there is no hardware inside to make calls
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Re: GPS

Postby JimmyW » January 13th, 2011, 4:18 pm

No, there's no hardware... The bluez kernel is in the android build... no hardware in the tablet so the bluez enabled option is set to false.. so even if you introduce bt hardware it still won't be seen/used
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Re: GPS

Postby Detection » January 13th, 2011, 4:21 pm

Yea it can not track the scroll, only the WiFi / IP connection it is using at the time
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Re: GPS

Postby time2key » January 15th, 2011, 11:47 pm

Diego wrote:I'm on cable and my wireless has nothing at all to do with my internet connection. I've set my wireless router as a pass-through, connecting the wired and wireless LAN, and my internet connection is managed by my Linux box. There is no way they could get my location from any sort of wireless snooping.


why not? they drive past your house in a street view van, they note down which wireless router it is and where it is. when you go on google maps they look up which wireless router it is, and they know that a street view van said it was at your house, so they now know that you are at your house. so long as you had the router switched on when the van drove past...
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Re: GPS

Postby Diego » January 16th, 2011, 11:05 am

Now THAT is logical! Thanks you for solving the mystery. Google's data servers need nuked :P
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Re: GPS

Postby Warpedflash » January 16th, 2011, 11:22 am

time2key that wont be teh way its works as that a freaking dumb way of doing it -.-
IIP address could be traced before street view existed
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Re: GPS

Postby superplay » January 16th, 2011, 4:28 pm

This web site will tell you where you are.

http://www.ip-adress.com/
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Re: GPS

Postby Diego » January 16th, 2011, 4:32 pm

That just shows what city I''m in. Google told me where my house is.
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Re: GPS

Postby Charlie » January 16th, 2011, 4:37 pm

superplay wrote:This web site will tell you where you are.

http://www.ip-adress.com/


lol that one says i am in leeds - i am nowhere near leeds.
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Re: GPS

Postby Panrider » January 16th, 2011, 5:18 pm

Says I'm in Lincoln - 35 miles away

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