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Australian Malls To Track Shoppers By Their Phones

Posted by samzenpus on from the dial-S-for-shopping dept.

Fluffeh writes "Australian shopping centers will monitor customers' mobile phones to track how often they visit, which stores they like and how long they stay. One unnamed Queensland shopping center is next month due to become the first in the nation to install receivers that detect unique mobile phone radio frequency codes to pinpoint location within two meters."

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  1. Re:Good luck... by Kotoku · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    (Forgot to log in): Glad you don't want our American Culture. Oh, by the way, don't forget to toss any modern cellphone you have, Apple/Google/Microsoft/WebOS, what country did they come from again?

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