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You could always write code that saves the data temporarily until the user reconnects to the internet or even visits the website again. I'm not certain how I w
by DitheringIdiot 3y ago
You could always write code that saves the data temporarily until the user reconnects to the internet or even visits the website again.
I'm not certain how I would use people's wifi passwords without being at their home, but I'm certain somebody on Hacker News could tell me exactly why it is a bad idea to share your wifi password to the internet.
- gruez 3y ago>You could always write code that saves the data temporarily until the user reconnects to the internet or even visits the website again Use private browsing?
- DitheringIdiot 3y agoYes you're right, that would probably prevent it
- oh_sigh 3y agoWell, if you connected to my service I can probably geolocate you. Or I can use a SSID=>lat/lon database to find where your wifi is assuming you have a unique name for your Wi-Fi network. Then I can go there and connect a laptop it and do nefarious stuff from there, and attribute it to you. Threaten the president, torrent Linux ISOs, etc.
- kylecazar 3y agoSurely Linux isos are among the least nefarious things to torrent ha
- godelski 3y ago> I'm not certain how I would use people's wifi passwords without being at their home Doesn't Google track router SSID names and MAC addresses? This definitely used to be a searchable database that was connected to Maps. I can't find any of the old websites but it looks like it might still be accessible via API. > but I'm certain somebody on Hacker News could tell me exactly why it is a bad idea to share your wifi password to the internet. Not a hacker but I'm going to give a easy but not critical example. If you have access to another device in range (say, because you run a botnet) you can jump into another neighboring network. I'm sure someone on HN could give us a much more worrisome example.