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11-13-2013, 12:46 AM
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Snooping on Shoppers (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHeDuejL_r8x_kw2LE_bU4E1T6D6Q&url=http://www.technologyreview.com/news/520811/stores-sniff-out-smartphones-to-follow-shoppers/)
MIT Technology Review
The most widely used technique is to intercept Wi-Fi signals emitted by shoppers' smartphones. Triangulating on that signal can estimate the phone's position to within a few meters. Stores also collect a unique identifier, called a MAC address, for ...
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Snooping on Shoppers (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHeDuejL_r8x_kw2LE_bU4E1T6D6Q&url=http://www.technologyreview.com/news/520811/stores-sniff-out-smartphones-to-follow-shoppers/)
MIT Technology Review
The most widely used technique is to intercept Wi-Fi signals emitted by shoppers' smartphones. Triangulating on that signal can estimate the phone's position to within a few meters. Stores also collect a unique identifier, called a MAC address, for ...
Courtesy of WestNet City Wi-Fi
www.westnet.ca