Isn't this similar to the way phone data is used to estimate traffic speeds on streets and highways? Also, when I saw this: "To make it harder for hackers to g

Isn't this similar to the way phone data is used to estimate traffic speeds on streets and highways? Also, when I saw this: "To make it harder for hackers to get at this information, Path Intelligence scrambles those numbers twice", my first thought was "with XOR?". And third, are these the same malls and retailers that want to block data connections to prevent people from doing on-line comparison shopping while in the store?