They only expose approximate, not precise, locations, so they shouldn’t be a risk like GPS that exposes precise locations?

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    What?! You need the MAC to identify a router and MACs don’t go over the internet.

    it would have been possible to track your ip and what it was accessing online

    I’ll let you go ahead and explain that one.

    • credo@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      Maybe if you open a browser to it and external management is allowed, it might say linksys?

      • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Also nmap uses fingerprinting on port scans to identify devices. Or attempt to, a lot of the time it doesn’t know, or says “Linux”