UK Firm Tracking Users' Cell Phone Choices via Trashcans

[JMcEntegart]

UK company Renew is making waves with its smart trashcans.

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[Sovereign_Pwner]

Minority Report anyone?

 

[house70]

In UK every move is watched/recorded by a CCTV camera, so they should feel quite at home with this.../jk
On a serious note, every stupid company that decides to gather data this way should have an opt-IN page, not an opt-out.
Turns out, it's OK when the govt does it, not others (unless, of course, they fully cooperate with govt request to hand over the data anytime).

 

[hrhuffnpuff]

I guess it is time for two tin cans and a few miles of string.

 

[billgatez]

"It doesn't track individuals or individual MAC addresses."
Then how would i know what ad's to show you if it's not tracking you in some way?
Best thing to do with this is to just turn off your phones Wi-Fi. Then they are unable to see the MAC address.

 

[billgatez]

"It doesn't track individuals or individual MAC addresses."
Then how would i know what ad's to show you if it's not tracking you in some way?
Best thing to do with this is to just turn off your phones Wi-Fi. Then they are unable to see the MAC address.

 

[billgatez]

"It doesn't track individuals or individual MAC addresses."
Then how would i know what ad's to show you if it's not tracking you in some way?
Best thing to do with this is to just turn off your phones Wi-Fi. Then they are unable to see the MAC address.

 

[dr1337]

I think it's time to switch back to carrier pigeons.

 

[TripGun]

This is already implemented in tower tracking so there isn't really a need for this. If I said I wanted to find out what types of routers/modems & the PC's that were behind them by having a program look at them, would you believe that I wasn't after any personal data?