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Re:How does Brown University know where you are? by friendofblueno on Saturday December 05, 2020 @09:48PM (#25320586)
as a recent Brown alumn, I really had no idea Brown could track us with such granularity. I wonder if they've used this data for anything else
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Re:How does Brown University know where you are? by themonteray on Saturday December 05, 2020 @10:53PM (#25320874)
I am also an alum. (Some of) Brown's tracking information isn't even particularly restricted. I have seen firsthand that live location information based on your device being connected to the network (I assume based on tracking MAC address as discussed in the article) gives room-level granularity, and can be accessed by students who work for the IT service center.
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