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How do they know if someone opted out if their phone is off? Do they divide the number of cell phones by the total number of people in the mall? What if I forge
by mirkules 15y ago
How do they know if someone opted out if their phone is off? Do they divide the number of cell phones by the total number of people in the mall? What if I forget my cell phone in the car or at home? Am I considered an "opt-out"?
When I see this kind of stuff, I always think what is the best way to disrupt this kind of technology. The ideas that come to mind is to organize a bunch of people to randomly walk in the mall, or to leave a bunch of cell phones lying around to skew the data (although the first would be a LOT more effective).
- billpatrianakos 15y agoI don't know. I wouldn't really advocate skewing their data on purpose. I mean, this really is harmless stuff (for now at least). Just because it doesn't bother me doesn't mean others don't take offense though. What bothers me most is how they tout the opt-out method like its some totally reasonable thing. This is 2011 where our phones might as well me surgically attached to our bodies. That just sounded really out of touch with reality. When they start collecting data that really violates privacy without a reasonable opt out method then I'd totally go for not only skewing the data but finding a way to take that system down.
- click170 15y agoIf you were determined you could jam the wireless spectrum, as long as your signal was strong enough you might be able to block subscriber IDs from making it to the tracking antennas.