Web Attack Uses Google Geolocation Database to Identify Address of Routers

"First of all, as usual with stories like this, I have to refer back to my old essay that deals with the Ugly Truth About Online Anonymity.

Second, this hack isn’t new. See the Skyhook Wireless antics, circa 2008.

Third, the article below doesn’t make it clear, but this will only reveal your exact location if you’re using a wi-fi router that is in Google’s location services database."

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3 Google Tricks When You Don’t Know What to Search For

"Sometimes you are totally sure which terms to use to search Google to find the information you need.

However more often than not, you have to try dozens of various search phrases to accidentally come across a good result.

Today’s short search tutorial will show some Google search tricks you can use to search when you actually don’t know what you are going to find.

The tips will turn useful in a number of cases:" 

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Changes to Google Search Engine Results

"Matt Cutts, a Google software engineer, stated recently that "we tend to make a change to our core search algorithms at least once a day." Yet for all that change behind the scenes, much of the Google interface that the public sees changes only very gradually and after a great deal of user testing. However, last week Google rolled out a major set of changes to search engine results pages and several smaller changes to its appearance. Left-hand navigational search facets are now turned on by default."
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