Microsoft has been going around and building a database of publicly broadcast MAC addresses (along with their corresponding street address) for location services purposes. That might include those of your phones and laptops. Problem is, Microsoft didn’t secure the database. More »
Who knows if this little bit of database wizardry would actually cause the traffic camera’s picture-parsing computer to drop a table? Even if it doesn’t it’s covered up his actual licence plate. More »
The folks at the NYPD are so sweet! No matter what you’re arrested for, they’re nice enough to remove your mobile phone’s battery “to avoid leakage” and jot down your IMEI number. They’ll even add it to a database. More »
