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They think about it, they just consider it somebody else’s problem. The genie is somewhat out of the bottle already, because existing access points can track t
by Joeri 5y ago
They think about it, they just consider it somebody else’s problem.
The genie is somewhat out of the bottle already, because existing access points can track the position of wifi devices and deduce a lot of this information. This takes it one step further to also track people without wifi devices.
- belter 5y agoThis will be deployed in 3 years or so. I think we need a legal and technical approach that will allow "stand your ground" type of rules. Against my neighbor WiFi waves and FFT extrapolation of what division of the house I am in at the moment and with who.
- ptr2voidStar 5y ago> "Stand your ground" rules American spotted.
- fennecfoxen 5y ago> The genie is somewhat out of the bottle already Very much so. As early as 2012, maybe 2013, retailers were piloting technology that would offer guest wifi networks, then track you using the in-store surveillance cameras. Don't even need facial recognition, just tie the person's identity to the phone they logged in with. The camera adds better location data than you could get with the wifi alone. This was about the time that Amazon was offering a Black Friday discount if you used their app to scan the barcode of a product in a retail store, then bought online — and back then, only checkout was https, so if you were in the data path you could detect that sort of a lookup.
- pier25 5y agoI recently traveled and used JFK's free wifi. I went to a duty free shop to buy some chocolates and now all online ads ar showing me the same woman perfume ad.