This is of some concern. The smarter these get, the more ability they have to track who you are, what you do, where you go, when, and keep a completed record of this information. The article mentions using multiple antennas, which to me seems like an open invitation for triangulation of user movement.

EE Times: Smart antennas set to take off. Established infrastructure vendors are starting to integrate smart antennas into their designs as wireless operators exhaust conventional methods of increasing their network capacity, said Andy Fuertes, senior analyst at Visant and author of the study. [Tomalak's Realm]
10:21:20 PM    comment []

Ready to sign up for walk around wireless, or do you plan to live off the land for your wireless?

Verizon Wireless fires up hot spots. The service provider announces a Wi-Fi service for its customers in hundreds of hot spot locations throughout the nation. [CNET News.com]
10:09:55 PM    comment []

Worried about an internal "rogue" access point? Looks like IBM is doing what many companies have also been doing- self-sniffing. Turns out, they might even release this as a product.

Q&A: IBM's Brian Connors talks about Wi-Fi trends, plans. Brian Connors, CTO of IBM's Personal Computing Division, talked about the future of wireless and Big Blue's plans for Wi-Fi. [Computerworld News]
10:06:55 PM    comment []

If you've never heard of tripwire, its actually pretty cool. It makes a signature for various well known files and those desired. This signature is checked to alert you if someone has modified the files being watched.

Vendor coalition touts file validation plan as security measure. The File Signature Database would allow users to validate their software systems and applications by comparing files to a known "good state" database. [Computerworld News]
9:51:23 PM    comment []

Take a look at the pages for "TRIPOLI: An Empowered E-Mail Environment" at the Overview and the Announcement.
9:43:41 AM    comment []