return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoThe Next Major Version of Bluetooth Might Help Your Smartphone Find Things Fastergizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareEbby@lemmy.ssba.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-215 days agoUhhh that exact technology has been in use for years. Your phone broadcasts/receivers a beacon at regular intervals while Bluetooth is on. Anyone can pick it up if they are looking. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluetooth-wireless-tracking-privacy.html The process is so streamlined companies bragged your advertising profile is updated before you check out.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoThis kind of monitoring and association technology is so advanced that Target famously had to turn it down because it was creeping out customers.
Uhhh that exact technology has been in use for years. Your phone broadcasts/receivers a beacon at regular intervals while Bluetooth is on. Anyone can pick it up if they are looking.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluetooth-wireless-tracking-privacy.html
The process is so streamlined companies bragged your advertising profile is updated before you check out.
This kind of monitoring and association technology is so advanced that Target famously had to turn it down because it was creeping out customers.