Comments on: How does my iPod know where I am? http://www.starchamber.com/2008/05/how-does-my-ipod-know-where-i-am.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:15:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ned http://www.starchamber.com/2008/05/how-does-my-ipod-know-where-i-am.html#comment-75675 Ned Fri, 30 May 2008 03:14:00 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=1760#comment-75675 Yes, you have a picture, and furthermore, now all I have to do is press this button on my iPod and ... here it is... I can see that you, Matthew Simoneau, live at 37 Currituck Lane in Wolverhampton, Nova Scotia but you are in fact currently on aisle three of the QuikPik Market contemplating buying a Value Pack of snickerdoodles. The iPod knows all. Yes, you have a picture, and furthermore, now all I have to do is press this button on my iPod and … here it is… I can see that you, Matthew Simoneau, live at 37 Currituck Lane in Wolverhampton, Nova Scotia but you are in fact currently on aisle three of the QuikPik Market contemplating buying a Value Pack of snickerdoodles. The iPod knows all.

]]> By: Matthew Simoneau http://www.starchamber.com/2008/05/how-does-my-ipod-know-where-i-am.html#comment-75665 Matthew Simoneau Fri, 30 May 2008 02:15:00 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=1760#comment-75665 <--- I should have a picture now! <— I should have a picture now!

]]> By: Matthew Simoneau http://www.starchamber.com/2008/05/how-does-my-ipod-know-where-i-am.html#comment-75662 Matthew Simoneau Fri, 30 May 2008 02:02:19 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=1760#comment-75662 Google Maps by The Vacationeers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPgV6-gnQaE Google Maps by The Vacationeers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPgV6-gnQaE

]]> By: Rob http://www.starchamber.com/2008/05/how-does-my-ipod-know-where-i-am.html#comment-75651 Rob Fri, 30 May 2008 00:37:36 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=1760#comment-75651 yeah, Frank's got it right - it is Apple the Evil Overlord behind all this. "Oh, we're not evil, here touch our shiny music device, stroke its glossy screen, listen to its sweet song. NOW TELL US WHERE YOU LIVE!" yeah, Frank’s got it right - it is Apple the Evil Overlord behind all this. “Oh, we’re not evil, here touch our shiny music device, stroke its glossy screen, listen to its sweet song. NOW TELL US WHERE YOU LIVE!”

]]> By: St. Frank http://www.starchamber.com/2008/05/how-does-my-ipod-know-where-i-am.html#comment-75569 St. Frank Thu, 29 May 2008 14:53:23 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=1760#comment-75569 Actually Ned, a guy from the Apple store followed you home after you bought it....He's been following you everywhere since then, punching coordinates into a Garmin device to let Them know where you are. Actually Ned, a guy from the Apple store followed you home after you bought it….He’s been following you everywhere since then, punching coordinates into a Garmin device to let Them know where you are.

]]> By: Mike O http://www.starchamber.com/2008/05/how-does-my-ipod-know-where-i-am.html#comment-75567 Mike O Thu, 29 May 2008 14:49:35 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=1760#comment-75567 I've seen the kind of girls that hang out by Kevin's birdfeeder on StreetView, and I'd have to say, "no, thank you." I’ve seen the kind of girls that hang out by Kevin’s birdfeeder on StreetView, and I’d have to say, “no, thank you.”

]]> By: Ned http://www.starchamber.com/2008/05/how-does-my-ipod-know-where-i-am.html#comment-75490 Ned Thu, 29 May 2008 05:25:17 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=1760#comment-75490 "Data specialists." Nice term. I'm guessing they're highly trained pizza delivery data specialists. I know privacy is a dying concept, but this is hitting close to home (in the most literal sense). Now the websites that say "Meet girls in [YOUR STATE]" will instead say "Meet girls near that funny birdfeeder in your neighbor Kevin's yard. You know, the one that's kind of crooked and hangs over the sidewalk and you nearly banged your head on it last week? Meet girls near that." “Data specialists.” Nice term. I’m guessing they’re highly trained pizza delivery data specialists.

I know privacy is a dying concept, but this is hitting close to home (in the most literal sense). Now the websites that say “Meet girls in [YOUR STATE]” will instead say “Meet girls near that funny birdfeeder in your neighbor Kevin’s yard. You know, the one that’s kind of crooked and hangs over the sidewalk and you nearly banged your head on it last week? Meet girls near that.”

]]> By: Rob http://www.starchamber.com/2008/05/how-does-my-ipod-know-where-i-am.html#comment-75471 Rob Thu, 29 May 2008 02:33:48 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=1760#comment-75471 "To deliver highly accurate results, WPS requires knowledge of the geographic location of each access point. This information is obtained by deploying hundreds of data specialists who scan and locate access points using proprietary scanning vehicles designed to build and maintain the reference database. The system also takes into account that access points are sometimes moved and helps to automatically heal the network by updating and improving the reference data in real-time." Oh, so that's what that van was doing slowly cruising around my neighborhood. I thought it was the BBC TV police. “To deliver highly accurate results, WPS requires knowledge of the geographic location of each access point. This information is obtained by deploying hundreds of data specialists who scan and locate access points using proprietary scanning vehicles designed to build and maintain the reference database. The system also takes into account that access points are sometimes moved and helps to automatically heal the network by updating and improving the reference data in real-time.”

Oh, so that’s what that van was doing slowly cruising around my neighborhood. I thought it was the BBC TV police.

]]> By: Mike O http://www.starchamber.com/2008/05/how-does-my-ipod-know-where-i-am.html#comment-75242 Mike O Tue, 27 May 2008 15:44:05 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=1760#comment-75242 I thought all of them new-fangled phony things came with one of them GPS doo-hickeys built in. I thought all of them new-fangled phony things came with one of them GPS doo-hickeys built in.

]]> By: Matthew Simoneau http://www.starchamber.com/2008/05/how-does-my-ipod-know-where-i-am.html#comment-75230 Matthew Simoneau Tue, 27 May 2008 14:10:43 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=1760#comment-75230 They license technology from this company: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/ They're a Boston-based company. I met some of the developers last year at MashupCamp. They license technology from this company:

http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/

They’re a Boston-based company. I met some of the developers last year at MashupCamp.

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