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Re:What Your Bluetooth Devices Reveal About You by nofunsir on Monday February 16, 2026 @03:11PM (#47039683)
iBeacon. They know what shelf you're standing in front of. What products you touch and read.

Ever been in an Apple store? Look up. In the dark voids between the edge-to-edge backlit ceiling. There are secrets there. Watching you.

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Re:What Your Bluetooth Devices Reveal About You by reaperducer on Monday February 16, 2026 @03:52PM (#47040183)
Macys pioneered it before there even were Apple Stores. Back when most people didn't even know their phones had Bluetooth.
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Re:What Your Bluetooth Devices Reveal About You by shafoshaf on Monday February 16, 2026 @04:48PM (#47040790)
Macy's has Santa clause since 1947 because that is when Miracle on 24th Street came out. And he even knows when you are sleeping.
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Re:What Your Bluetooth Devices Reveal About You by astafrig on Monday February 16, 2026 @08:01PM (#47042397)
Not what iBeacon does but an entertainingly dramatic description nonetheless.
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Re:What Your Bluetooth Devices Reveal About You by pests on Monday February 16, 2026 @11:21PM (#47043682)
The only step missing from their description is having the app- or company- specific app installed. For Apple, that is the Apple Store app which everyone has. If you have BT enabled, it can detect the iBeacon and Apple Store can send that back for tracking.
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Re:What Your Bluetooth Devices Reveal About You by nofunsir on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @12:40AM (#47044095)
Wrong.

"products visitors pick up" [1]

[1] https://itechcraft.com/blog/ibeacon-for-retail-store/

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