Now that’s a world wide web! Map reveals EVERY connected device in the world

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Texas-based cartographer used software to ‘ping’ global web devices</strong></h1> <div> <strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></strong></div> <ul class="article-summary sciencetech mol-bullets-with-font" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Using this data he drew a map demonstrating the internet's global reach</strong></li> <li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Signal was sent to routers rather than individual devices</strong></li> <li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Red areas show parts of the world with the most connected devices, while black areas show regions where few people have access to the internet </strong></li> <li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Map isn't complete because of censorship and security restrictions</strong></li> <li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>It's thought China, for example, has more internet connected devices than shown</strong><strong> on the map</strong></span></li> <li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong><br /></strong></span></li> </ul> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The internet has revolutionised the way we communicate and a third of the world’s population use it to stay connected.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Now, Texas-based internet cartographer and computer scientist <a class="" href="https://twitter.com/achillean/status/505049645245288448" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">John Matherly</a> has used software to ‘ping’ all of these global web devices and create a map demonstrating the technology’s global reach. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the majority of cases, this signal was sent to routers rather than individual gadgets, but Mr Matherly said iPhone and Android devices have appeared previously.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Connected: Texas-based internet cartographer and computer scientist John Matherly has used software to ¿ping¿ global web devices to build a map (pictured) demonstrating the technology¿s global reach" class="blkBorder img-share" data-track-pos="0" height="389" id="i-86e0863623302e3d" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/29/1409308429430_wps_9_BwJL_bRCcAEt4Hz_png_pinge.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span><div class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery" style="background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; bottom: 11px; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; height: 36px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 10px;"> <div class="mobile-gallery-icon" style="background-image: url(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/mobile/icon_camera_90x68.png); background-position: 10px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 27px; box-sizing: content-box; display: table-cell; float: none; height: 20px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 7px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 24px;"> </div> <span style="display: table-cell; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+3</span></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Connected: Texas-based internet cartographer and computer scientist John Matherly has used software to ‘ping’ global web devices to build a map (pictured) demonstrating the technology’s global reach</span></div> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The cartographer said it took around five hours to ping all IP addresses on August 2. The map then took more than 12 hours to create.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'Pinging' an IP address involves sending a signal to the device from a server, which causes the connection to 'light up' - albeit not physically. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mr Matherly is founder of Shodan, a search engine for connected devices. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Different colours represent the density of devices in that region, and unsurprisingly, the world’s largest cities in developed countries glow the brightest.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div> <div class="relatedItems" data-track-module="am-related_items^related_items" data-track-pos="static" data-track-selector="a:not([class*=external])" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <h4 style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">More...</span></h4> <ul style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2737561/Turning-world-umbrellas-upside-literally-Latest-brolly-design-stops-water-dripping-opening-reverse.html" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">Turning the world of umbrellas upside down ¿ literally: Latest brolly design stops water dripping on you by opening in reverse</span></a></li> <li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2737578/Home-BACTERIA-Microbes-bodies-colonise-rooms-hours-used-catch-criminals.html" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">Home is where the BACTERIA is: Microbes on our bodies 'colonise' rooms within hours - and they could be used to catch criminals</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Red areas contain a lot of web-enabled devices, while green areas contain fewer. Black areas are regions where no signal was received.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">While it may be no surprise that there seem to be less internet-connected devices in parts of Africa, Mr Matherly explained his map is not precise because some organisations block ping requests.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It is thought that areas of China should be coloured bright red on the map, but the country’s ‘Great Firewall’ explains why most of the country looks dark.</span></div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="The cartographer said it took five hours to 'ping' all IP addresses on 2 August. The map then took more than 12 hours to create. Red areas contain a lot of web-enabled devices, while black areas contain the fewest. It is easy to see how well-connected areas like Europe and the US (pictured) contrast with Greenland and Africa" class="blkBorder img-share" data-track-pos="1" height="315" id="i-4091fa613319e98" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/29/1409308468293_wps_11_BwJL_bRCcAEt4Hz_png_pinge.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span><div class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery" style="background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; bottom: 11px; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; height: 36px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 10px;"> <div class="mobile-gallery-icon" style="background-image: url(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/mobile/icon_camera_90x68.png); background-position: 10px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 27px; box-sizing: content-box; display: table-cell; float: none; height: 20px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 7px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 24px;"> </div> <span style="display: table-cell; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+3</span></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The cartographer said it took five hours to 'ping' all IP addresses on 2 August. The map then took more than 12 hours to create. Red areas contain a lot of web-enabled devices, while black areas contain the fewest. It is easy to see how well-connected areas like Europe and the US (pictured) contrast with Greenland and Africa</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Internet blackout: It is thought that areas of China should be coloured bright red on the map, but the country¿s ¿Great Firewall¿ explains why most of the country looks dark (pictured)." class="blkBorder img-share" data-track-pos="2" height="471" id="i-be705571418927a7" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/29/1409309856222_wps_19_BwJL_bRCcAEt4Hz_png_pinge.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span><div class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery" style="background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; bottom: 11px; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; height: 36px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 10px;"> <div class="mobile-gallery-icon" style="background-image: url(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/mobile/icon_camera_90x68.png); background-position: 10px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 27px; box-sizing: content-box; display: table-cell; float: none; height: 20px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 7px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 24px;"> </div> <span style="display: table-cell; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+3</span></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Internet blackout: It is thought that areas of China should be coloured bright red on the map, but the country’s ‘Great Firewall’ explains why most of the country looks dark (pictured).</span></div> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘There's basically not a lot of information available on where an IP address is located within China, which makes mapping it very difficult. The majority of devices simply get lumped into Shanghai or Beijing, even though they might be located somewhere else within the country,’ he wrote.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Explaining how he made the map, Mr Matherly said: ‘The data was generated using a stateless scanner used to create Shodan (a computer search engine that he founded).</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘A free, open-source scanner called Zmap is readily available for anybody that wants to do it themselves, and the map itself was generated using the Python matplotlib library.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the last year, it has become easy to scan the whole internet using such tools, where an individual sends and receives packets to everyone connected to the internet, <a class="" href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-to-make-a-map-of-everyone-using-the-internet-right-now" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Motherboard</a> reported.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mr Matherly essentially asked computers, smartphones, tablets and games consoles to send him their location so he could create his map.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To do this, he used a database that pinpoints a city for each IP address and used another tool to find them easily on a map of the world. </span></div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="" class="blkBorder img-share" height="284" id="i-6798ff1ec35d40ab" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/29/1409322191035_wps_39_image001_png.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A firm called IVPN recently created a map of internet freedom around the world (pictured) based on a Freedom House report in 2013. Regions marked in white have the freedom to roam, as opposed to those marked red</span></div> </div> <div class="art-ins mol-factbox sciencetech" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 50px; padding: 0px;"> <h3 class="wocc" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;">ANOTHER MAP SHOWS INTERNET CENSORSHIP AROUND THE WORLD </span></span></h3> <div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(255, 102, 0); margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 4px;"> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The internet has revolutionised communication and promotes free speech across the globe. Consequently, online freedom is a hot topic.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some governments consider the internet to be dangerous and inflammatory so they regulate it.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A firm called <a class="" href="https://www.ivpn.net/internet-censorship/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">IVPN</a> recently created a map of internet freedom around the world based on a Freedom House report in 2013.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the report, countries were reviewed on limits placed on online content, obstacles to internet access, and violations of user rights.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They were then graded as free, partly free or not free and marked on a map in white, pink and red respectively. Countries marked in grey were not included in the report.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">China, Iran and Syria were found to be the top three user rights violators when it comes to online freedom. </span></div> </div> </div> <br /></div>

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