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Interesting but dated info for techies. I was hoping for something more along the lines of how retailers triangulate & track your movements inside their brick & mortar sites. Or how public providers scrape your browsing habits whilst on their net. I was even more interested in learning what other tricks they employ that I am not yet aware of.

With the ubiquity of broadband mobile I recommend avoiding public wifi whenever possible because the items listed in TFA are ubiquitous at most Starbucks, airports and other hi-profile public spots. I also highly recommend disabling any equipments' wifi by default, the world is full of liars, cheats & thieves smarter than myself. When you go for "free", what you get never is.



Retailers can use video footage + motion capture software to track you which works much better as not everyone has active wifi.




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