Huge Residential Wifi Mapping Database Revealed

Talaria writes: "An enormous database of home wifi routers and their locations has been revealed after the Internet Patrol did some digging following AOL's recent announcement of their new "Near Me" service which allows AIM users to see which of their instant messenger buddies are geographically near them. The database, containing the unique IDs of more than 16million wireless routers and their locations, has been compiled by AOL partner Skyhook Wireless which claims to have mapped the majority of residences in both the U.S. and Canada."