Joggers using the iPod Sport kit to keep fit are putting their personal privacy at risk, warn scientists.
The academics showed how easy it was to track those using the combination of music player and running shoe sensor.
In the worst scenario suggested by the scientists, stalkers could use the tracking data to "engineer" encounters with victims.
The researchers said gadget makers should do more to protect privacy and stop hardware being abused in this way.
The Nike iPod Sport kit uses radio to link a sensor in a runner's shoe to another gadget that clips on to an iPod Nano.
View: BBC News
The academics showed how easy it was to track those using the combination of music player and running shoe sensor.
In the worst scenario suggested by the scientists, stalkers could use the tracking data to "engineer" encounters with victims.
The researchers said gadget makers should do more to protect privacy and stop hardware being abused in this way.
The Nike iPod Sport kit uses radio to link a sensor in a runner's shoe to another gadget that clips on to an iPod Nano.
View: BBC News
If you are talking about their market share in the personal computer market (which isn't at all relevant to this article), they are in about 4th place in the US and probably around 6th or 7th place in the world, not bad considering that there are hundreds of companies who make personal computers.
Last edited by shockz on 18 Dec 2006 - 23:02
Driving a vehicle with a license plate can cause encounter with a "police" officer, which can be fatal if data on your license plate is found through hacked police systems...
Instead of tracking the sensor, why doesn't the stalker save time and just watch the person? 20 metres is not very far. This is just people trying to cash in on a popular product.
Instead of tracking the sensor, why doesn't the stalker save time and just watch the person? 20 metres is not very far. This is just people trying to cash in on a popular product.
Haven't you been watching any of the bond films? The super villains hide outs are always 20 meters away. That is how they can spy on James Bond so easily. I think also this is the case in batman and spiderman.
New Warning Label: Using this product could lead you to be slowly lowered into a vat of acid while the bad guy leaves you alone in a room.
heh. By now.
This is almost the same what they do with the convicts in NY but instead of the state pay, you PAY for this.
1. Detect a particular wireless ID signal and log it.
2. Know that it is within 20M away.
I think they were getting at an array of receivers set up at various places to log jogger activity.
Can you currently pick up on people's wireless ID's even on encrypted (any?) 802.11g? What other devices does this exploit exist in? Cell Phones?
KIDS - STAY IN BED UNDER THE DUVET!
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