[Cialug] OT: Stupid geek tricks

[Nathan C. Smith]

Josh,

Good points.
Your position is only available to those you want it to be - those you give
your id and name to.  - of course there are likely to be ways around that
for those with a nefarious bent.
One suggested use is as a "poor man's lojack" device.  Leave it in your car
and see where your car is at any time.  (That might be a wake-up call for
teenagers)

I have to admit, to me, the GPS feature is not as appealing as the low-cost
internet-anywhere is.  As a privacy advocate I can think of very few cases
where I would want people to know where I am (even the wife - heh).

-Nate 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh More [mailto:morej at alliancetechnologies.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:59 AM
> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: Stupid geek tricks
> 
> As the local paranoid^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H security consultant, I 
> feel like I
> should point out that if you broadcast where you are, you are also
> broadcasting where you are not.  Possible ramifications 
> include planned
> robberies for when you are known to not be at home, social engineering
> attacks against your business when you are out of state, and bosses
> checking to make sure you're really where you say you are.
> 
> While these seem like "out there" scenarios, there have been numerous
> reports of things like this happening for the last few years.
> 
> That said, there are good uses for tracking missing/stolen 
> cell phones,
> kidnapping, etc.
> 
> 
>  
> 
> -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP 
>  morej at alliancetechnologies.net 
>  515-245-7701
> 
> 
> >>> "Nathan C. Smith" <smith at ipmvs.com> 03/20/07 9:43 AM >>> 
> 
> 
> So you can now get Boostmobile (a pay- as- you- go phone service)
> phones in
> Iowa.  Why would you care?  For $30.00 you can get a Motorola i415
> from
> Boostmobile.  for around $10.00 you can get a USB cable to connect to
> the
> phone.  This phone runs java applications (you may already 
> have a phone
> that
> does this).  Then you can go to http://www.mologogo.com and 
> sign up for
> a
> free account.  Download their java client and upload it to the phone. 
> Your
> phone will now report your location via GPS or cell network to the
> mologogo
> website marking where you are every n minutes or so.  That's kind of
> neat.
> 
> Also, with the data cable the phone becomes a network access device. 
> It can
> be used as a modem, or it can be directly connected to the boostmobile
> network using ppp (use this 'S=2#777' instead of a phone number, no
> username
> or password).  So for $40.00 in hardware and $.30 cents or so per day
> you
> have it in use, you can get dial- up type connectivity to the Internet
> from
> your laptop no matter where you go.  It's slow, but you can get web
> pages.
> One really crazy thing, is that you can place calls on the phone while
> you
> are on the network.
> 
> Mologogo is one of those social networking web 2.0 kinds of 
> things.  It
> is
> like a GPS service that tell you and your friends where you are. 
> Ideally,
> your friends put their name in and your name in, and they can 
> see where
> you
> are, and if you get close it can notify you.  On the phone, it can
> also
> display a Google- type map of your current position and local weather
> and
> traffic conditions if you are in a city that supports it.
> 
> The phone comes with something like a $10 usage credit too.
> 
> Fun stuff.
> 
> - Nate
> 
> http://www.mologogo.com
> 
> tethered modem phone:
> http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1080295   
> http://www.omgili.com/preview/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tcDNjYXIuY29tL3Zi
> dWxsZXRpbi9zaG
> 93dGhyZWFkLnBocD90PTc1NDUx
> 
> http://www.boostmobile.com  see also sprint/nextel stores -  they
> resell
> boost mobile.
> 
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