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Originally Posted by LSainsbury
OK - serious question - how did they manage to get the MAC of the router by driving by whist taking the streetview photos?
If your Wi-Fi is broadcasting, can they get the MAC from just driving by? My Wi-Fi is secured but DHCP is on. The only way I could see them getting the MAC would be by gaining access to the router - which is not possible 'cus they won't have the network key.
I'm sure DHCP broadcasts the MAC but they would have to logon with the network key first - yes?
Google have not come down our road so I'm safe!
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They dont need access to your router to get your routers mac address. They dont need access to anything at all to gather wireless router/access point mac addresses in fact. They can just pluck them right out the air so to speak, hidden or not.
I believe they actually used freely available software in conjunction with some Google specific stuff.