[guardian-dev] malls track shopper's cell phone signals

[Derek Halliday]

Chuck Schumer to the rescue:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/mall-owners-pull-plug-on-cellular-tracking-for-now

The quote from malls is: "We are simply seeking to level the playing
field for offline retailers." IMO startups like shopkick are only the
first inroads into this space, and we'll continue to see strategies like
this (misguided) one expand to retail nationwide. The barrier between
IRL targeted marketing and surveillance mechanisms is going to be
continually tested.

-D

On 11/27/11 10:12 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> Looks like IMSI catchers are coming to a mall near you.  It actually seems to be a lot more in depth than IMSI catchers, I think they are tapping into the mall's cell network and getting the triangulation data as well.
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> http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/11/were-watching-malls-track-shoppers-cell-phone-signals-to-gather-marketing-data.ars
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> .hc
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