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Residential Wi-Fi Mapping Database Revealed 167

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 20, 2007 @03:54PM from the X-ICBM dept.

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 16 million wireless routers and their locations, has been compiled by AOL partner Skyhook Wireless, which claims to have mapped the majority of residences in the U.S. and Canada."

Comment Re:I'll tell you why... (Score 1) 106

by mbsatgt on Tuesday October 03, 2006 @05:19PM (#16297801) Attached to: Everything Old is Old Again

Wow, I am not as in the dark as I thought I was, apparently. I couldn't name a song by those bands either, but Blink 187 didn't sound right, and sure enough, iTunes confirms it:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/ viewArtist?id=116851
The band is Blink 182. The funny thing is everyone else in the thread also just assumed it was Blink 187. Ah well, having looked at their "Greatest Hits" (Ah the irony, that a "Greatest Hits" album is always where you look to find out if you have even heard of a band you have no clue about.), it seems I knew a couple of their songs after all. Indeed, "All the Small Things" was even in Donkey Konga!

Now I know more pop culture than I did 5 minutes ago.

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