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08-22-2013, 04:29 PM
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Monday, August 12, 2013 London officials call on company to stop using trashcans that track smartphones of nearby pedestrians (http://www.activistpost.com/2013/08/london-officials-call-on-company-to.html)
Madison Ruppert
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City of London officials have told a company to stop their trial of street-side trashcans that track the smartphones of nearby pedestrians and are capable of building a detailed profile of where the smartphone has been in the past.
The technology used sounds a great deal like the systems used to track people in and around retail stores in the United States (http://endthelie.com/2013/07/23/as-invasive-in-store-tracking-technology-becomes-more-common-companies-attempt-to-self-regulate/), a practice which is coming under increased scrutiny as of late.
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Monday, August 12, 2013 London officials call on company to stop using trashcans that track smartphones of nearby pedestrians (http://www.activistpost.com/2013/08/london-officials-call-on-company-to.html)
Madison Ruppert
Activist Post (http://www.activistpost.com/2013/08/london-officials-call-on-company-to.html)
City of London officials have told a company to stop their trial of street-side trashcans that track the smartphones of nearby pedestrians and are capable of building a detailed profile of where the smartphone has been in the past.
The technology used sounds a great deal like the systems used to track people in and around retail stores in the United States (http://endthelie.com/2013/07/23/as-invasive-in-store-tracking-technology-becomes-more-common-companies-attempt-to-self-regulate/), a practice which is coming under increased scrutiny as of late.
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