Path Intelligence Monitors Foot Traffic in Retail Stores By Pinging People's Phones (techcrunch.com) 9 points by jkush 18y ago ↗ HN
[–] daniel-cussen 18y ago ↗ Cool. [–] nootopian 18y ago ↗ Nano tech will, if it isnt already make this redundant.Forget 'every few minutes', nano in the carpets are watching your every footstep!And tomorrow id like my bmw to be blue - wheres the remote?
[–] nootopian 18y ago ↗ Nano tech will, if it isnt already make this redundant.Forget 'every few minutes', nano in the carpets are watching your every footstep!And tomorrow id like my bmw to be blue - wheres the remote?
[–] brlewis 18y ago ↗ The pings happen "every few minutes" according to snopes.http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/cellping.aspI think that limits the amount of useful information that can be gathered. [–] eru 18y ago ↗ That limits the amount of information they cat extract about paths. But you still get a lot of snapshots.
[–] eru 18y ago ↗ That limits the amount of information they cat extract about paths. But you still get a lot of snapshots.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 19.6 ms ] threadForget 'every few minutes', nano in the carpets are watching your every footstep!
And tomorrow id like my bmw to be blue - wheres the remote?
http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/cellping.asp
I think that limits the amount of useful information that can be gathered.