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Re:Are New York’s Free LinkNYC Internet Kiosks Tracking Your... by post_break on Thursday September 20, 2018 @03:49PM (#18035009)
Houston has bluetooth trackers for traffic. If you have a phone with bluetooth you're looped in there as well. Just turn bluetooth off while driving while hiding your ez tag in your glove box right? What about the plate readers.
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Re:Are New York’s Free LinkNYC Internet Kiosks Tracking Your... by reaperducer on Thursday September 20, 2018 @04:31PM (#18035217)
Doesn't stop them from tracking you by the transmitters in your tires.
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Re:Are New York’s Free LinkNYC Internet Kiosks Tracking Your... by severine on Thursday September 20, 2018 @04:58PM (#18035403)
^ This is not sarcasm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire-pressure_monitoring_syste...
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Re:Are New York’s Free LinkNYC Internet Kiosks Tracking Your... by mrguyorama on Friday September 21, 2018 @01:11PM (#18041118)
>Because each tire transmits a unique identifier

Suddenly glad my car uses the old style, tire rotational speed based system. Sure it's not as accurate and feature rich, but my tires can't be picked out of a blind lineup

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Re:Are New York’s Free LinkNYC Internet Kiosks Tracking Your... by cimmanom on Thursday September 20, 2018 @03:53PM (#18035028)
And then people wonder why anyone would want the iOS control center to turn bluetooth OFF instead of just disconnecting current connections...
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Re:Are New York’s Free LinkNYC Internet Kiosks Tracking Your... by overcast on Thursday September 20, 2018 @04:22PM (#18035158)
The article is about New York, but I keep Bluetooth off unless I need it, which is almost never. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Re:Are New York’s Free LinkNYC Internet Kiosks Tracking Your... by emodendroket on Thursday September 20, 2018 @04:27PM (#18035191)
No problem, that's why they invented Stingrays and license plate cameras. This stuff is all over the country.
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