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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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