Wi-Fi-enabled trash cans could track phone data of passersby who carried devices. August 12, 2013 7:13 AM PDT "Smart bins" are bin and gone. The City of London Corporation has called for Wi-Fi-enabled, data-sniffing bins to stop recording your movements as you wander the streets. Twelve recycling "pods" with LCD screens showing adverts have been sniffing out details of your phone as you pass and tracking your subsequent movements. But with the local authority flagging the bins to the Information Commissioner's Office, trials of the technology have been suspended. Read more of "'Smart' bins banned from grabbing your data as you pass by" at CNET UK.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Wi-Fi-enabled trash cans could track phone data of passersby who carried devices.
August 12, 2013 7:13 AM PDT
"Smart bins" are bin and gone. The City of London Corporation has called for Wi-Fi-enabled, data-sniffing bins to stop recording your movements as you wander the streets.
Twelve recycling "pods" with LCD screens showing adverts have been sniffing out details of your phone as you pass and tracking your subsequent movements. But with the local authority flagging the bins to the Information Commissioner's Office, trials of the technology have been suspended.
Read more of "'Smart' bins banned from grabbing your data as you pass by" at CNET UK.
