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Privacy/Big Brother concerns? Pfft... What could possibly go wrong...]]>Oct 10th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 10th 2008 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/
To alleviate privacy concerns, there could be an on/off switch, and you could get a significant discount on the service.

I know there are traffic updates now, but that only works in larger cities. This would work for the 60%+ of us who aren't in such cities. (But then our traffic problems are not nearly as bad).]]>Oct 10th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 10th 2008 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.touring.be/fr/loisirs/trajet-circulation/infos-trafic/index.asp .
The speed is calculated when a user leaves an antenna to connect another one.

The highways are colored based on the "average" speed of the gsm owners.
Green 90km/h
Orange 60-90km/h
Red 0km/h

This covers the whole country (quite easy because it's not big...). This information is freely available (no registering required) and used a lot !]]>Oct 11th 2008 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 10th 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 10th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 10th 2008 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.skyhookwireless.com/ ) and sold off to companies like Apple for the iPhone/iPod Touch and the Eye-Fi Explore system.]]>Oct 10th 2008 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 10th 2008 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 10th 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 10th 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 10th 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 10th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/
Unless of course geeks at MIT are considering such a large number of WAPs that these changes have very nominal effect.]]>Oct 10th 2008 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 10th 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 10th 2008 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/
Imagine, for the sake of the argument, that at least 5% of the vehicles are equipped with this technology. Each car will connect to an opened network (almost always a home network) and request an IP through DHCP. How many addresses can you assign to most routers? 100-200 (253 tops because almost every access point uses a /24 netmask). Most DHCP leases on routers are valid for 1 week, preventing the pool to be renewed.

Well, the results could be catastrophic; this could go from the saturation of each wireless network (limiting hence the number of available hotspots each car could connect to) to the inability for the owner to connect to his own network because there is no ip address available anymore.

That stuff is nice for DIY guys or if it is implemented correctly (Wi-Max - 3G - Edge); but not using wardriving; definitely not!]]>Oct 10th 2008 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/cartel-uses-wardriving-for-science-better-driving-directions/Oct 11th 2008 2:38AM