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Too late. If governments ever want to make a Bluetooth contact tracking app mandatory, they can already do so, and could have done so before this platform was c
by fancyfredbot 7y ago
Too late. If governments ever want to make a Bluetooth contact tracking app mandatory, they can already do so, and could have done so before this platform was created. All Google and Apple are doing is making it very marginally easier.
- ChrisMarshallNY 7y agoI read somewhere that there are beacon detectors throughout many retail stores that track people throughout the store. That’s been in place for some time.
- edude03 7y agoYes, estimote[0] for example is one example of this. 0: https://estimote.com/ https://estimote.com/
- viraptor 7y agoThat's been also done via cameras in the past: https://augustcapital.typepad.com/news/2012/08/e-commerce-style-big-data-analytics-meet-brick-and-mortar-retailers.html https://augustcapital.typepad.com/news/2012/08/e-commerce-st... But it's likely wifi pings and bluetooth details would be added to the mix these days.