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Re:Bus stops here: Shanghai lets riders design their own routes by HPsquared on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @03:50AM (#43982013)
I don't even know if my local bus company tracks when people get on and off. It'd need facial recognition to track each person getting on, and when that person got back off the bus.
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Re:Bus stops here: Shanghai lets riders design their own routes by lozenge on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @04:56AM (#43982400)
This is usually done with WiFi MAC addresses. I know that London did this for tube journeys but I'm not sure anybody's done it for busses. You can also use smart card IDs if there is an RFID payment system.

The introduction of randomised MACs might have put an end to it.

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