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Yes, passively looking for devices is very different from noteing each device, tagging it with a location, and adding it to a central database.
by mecsred 2y ago
Yes, passively looking for devices is very different from noteing each device, tagging it with a location, and adding it to a central database.
- shuckles 2y agoWiFi has been used this way for 15 years to aid with approximate location queries. I don’t think concerns with the technology are unjustified, but referring to it as abuse is unnecessarily histrionic. This type of use for radios is not unprecedented, and eg the “central” database you refer to is only central in any meaningful sense if their implementation ends up being flawed. Otherwise is an encrypted repository of user data.