Web attack can locate where you live!!! Scary...

One visit to a booby-trapped website could direct attackers to a person's home, a security expert has shown.

The attack, thought up by hacker Samy Kamkar, exploits shortcomings in many routers to find out a key identification number.

It uses this number and widely available net tools to find out where a router is located.

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"This is geo-location gone terrible," said Mr Kamkar during his presentation. "Privacy is dead people. I'm sorry."

Mikko Hypponen, senior researcher at security firm F Secure attended the presentation and said it was "very interesting research".

"The thought that someone, somewhere on the net can find where you are is pretty creepy," he said. Full story...

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