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Tracking People Using Bluetooth

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the turn-your-bluetooth-off dept.

damdam writes "A Dutch guy seems to have set up a small network of bluetooth scanners. He has all the information logged to a central database and you can search it over the web. On his website it says "Some of these matches were only minutes apart. Therefore I could even calculate the approximate speed of someone moving from one location to another.". There are also some interesting statistics on his site showing traffic volume in his hometown (based on bluetooth signals) and he even lists popularity of certain Nokia phones. It's interesting to see how much information an individual can gather using old equipment."

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  1. Has following people become obsolete? by drewmoney · · Score: 5, Funny
    Seriously, what happened to the good old days when you could just:

    1. Follow them home from the grocery
    2. Tail them from a car/taxi/bicycle
    3. Hide out in the donut shop across from their work
    4. Pretend to be a jogger/homeless bum in the park
    5. Break into the house across the street and set up a stakeout
    6. Hide in their backseat under a blanket
    7. Put on camouflage and pretend you are a bird
    8. Dress up in a gorilla suit
    9. Paint yourself 'brick' colored
    10. Mini submarines!?!?!?!?

    This technology stuff is crap I tell you.