Spark! Pro Series - 27 October 2022 Spiceworks Originals.Snap! - Data breaches up 70%, Moon Bricks, Starlink for RVs, Electric Bees Spiceworks Originalsįlashback: Back on October 27th, 1980, the world experienced the first major network crash: a four-hour collapse of ARPANET (Read more HERE.)īonus Flashback: Back on October 27th.did you know that there is a badge for that?If you want it for this year, just set yourself up with a good October themed avatar and post a comment below, and we'll set you up. I have seen some of you changing your avatars to halloween themed things. (What, Everything Has To Be Perfect With You?) - FierceRetailIT Mobile Tracking Would Be Great, If It Weren't Illegal. Some feel this sort of tracking may be illegal: The only way to prevent WiFi tracking is to disable WiFi except when you need it, but since there are cellular tracking systems you basically have to put your phone in "airplane mode" when you walk into a store to stop this sort of tracking. Combined with video surveillance, those stores also collect your gender and demographics (ethnicity/general age/anything that can be determined visually), differentiate children from adults, note specific products you looked at and how long you looked at them, and so on." However, most stores use your phone's MAC address to identify you, and records when you enter and leave a store, where you go inside the store, and how long you pause to inspect specific products, aisles, and counters. "Since the surveillance system varies from store to store, the amount of information each retailer collects can vary.
In the LifeHacker article is this paragraph: How Retail Stores Track You Using Your Smartphone (and How to Stop It)Īnd if you use a card at checkout, they can tie your purchases to your traffic pattern. How stores use your phone’s WiFi to track your shopping habitsĪttention, Shoppers - Store Is Tracking Your Cell. ANY active WiFi device can be tracked through the store. It's not a "fake WiFi spot" that they use.
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