[Arm-netbook] Geotooth

[Vladimir Pantelic]

lkcl luke wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net> wrote:
>>  On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:18:58 -0400, Derek LaHousse <dlahouss at mtu.edu>
>
>>> Can anyone speak to the
>>> ease of modifying the bluetooth MAC?  Also, slave devices (headsets,
>>> cars, etc) which make bluetooth on a laptop useful are much more
>>> trackable.
>>
>>  This is all totally academic and doesn't work in the real world.
>
>   with about 3 minutes of quick searching, nothing particularly
> onerous, there's a number of commercial products available that can do
> half-mile range, several hacks that can do 1 mile range, one that can
> do a 28 mile range, and a number of commercial products for sniffing
> phones.

>   http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/aircable-offers-up-28-mile-bluetooth-range-extender/

yes, 28 miles assuming you have one of these at both ends,
no way the poor BT TX in your cellphone is going to be able
to respond to that thing 28miles away...

BTW, I propose to open a new mailing list more aimed at conspiracy
theories and go back discussing "Linux on small ARM machines" and
similar here...