August 12, 2013
Are Smart Trash Cans Tracking Smart Phones In US Too?
Photo: AP
Officials say that an advertising firm must immediately stop using its network of high-tech trash cans, like this one, to track people walking through London's financial district.The City of London Corporation says it has demanded Renew pull the plug on the program, which measures the Wi-Fi signals emitted by smartphones to follow commuters as they pass the garbage cans.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/smartphone_officials_people_track_bv3eT01yLgLoXl9M2J86jO
UK officials tell ad firm to pull plug on high-tech 'spy cans' that track smartphone data as people pass by
New York Post
From ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last Updated: 4:59 PM, August 12, 2013
Posted: 4:57 PM, August 12, 2013
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