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Shopping Centers Track Customers Via Cell Phone Signals

Posted by timothy on from the video-store-back-room-third-shelf-left-side dept.

oschobero writes "According an article from the Times, customers in shopping centers are having their every move tracked. Using cellphone signals, the system can tell when people enter the center, how long they stay in a particular shop, and what route each customer takes. The system works by monitoring the signals produced by mobile handsets and then locating the phone by triangulation." The particular tracking device described by the article is made by an English company called Path Intelligence.

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  1. Christ :) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    From God our heavenly Father,
    A blessed angel came;
    And unto certain shepherds,
    Brought tidings of the same;
    How that in Bethlehem was born,
    The Son of God by name!

    O tidings of comfort and joy!!

  2. "this is pretty cool"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mod the douche down, first off he thinks it's "cool" tracking everybody and their every movement, despite his "beliefs" of phones are not passing personal information. NEWSFLASH they need some kind of identifier to figure out who you are every time you go in the store dumbass

    then he goes along and promotes some gay asshat product that he makes that no one will ever buy. (at least anyone with a right mind that doesn't want his company tracking their every move)

    fuck you and your privacy invading bullshit service.

  3. Re:it's not unnecessary by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Karma: Bad (mostly from not giving a fuck)"

    This is the 4th flamebait post I've seen from you in two articles. The other being the Futurama movie article. Maybe that's why you've got bad karma?

    --
    Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.
  4. heh by ClioCJS · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I just got a 5 the other day...

    But no.. I actually don't know that I have bad karma. I don't care enough to check. So the real reason would truly be from not giving a fuck. But thank you for your interest. :)

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    -Clio
    Karma: Bad (mostly from not giving a fuck)
    Blog: http://clintjcl.wordpress.com
  5. Re:Hello John Anderton by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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