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jasonfrosttoday at 4:57 PM2 repliesview on HN

There's an Android app that can find devices, make profiles, and you can track location for as long as they're connected. So you can profile passerbys and even get notified when the profile passes through again. I forgot what is was called


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dylan604today at 7:20 PM

Years ago when BT beacons were newish, I was talking to an AdTechBro that wanted to create the ability from Minority Report where the kiosk recognizes a user, not by eye scans but by recognizing mobile device, so they could offer a personalized whatever. The creepiness wasn't something they eased into. It was pretty much instant.