Re: [privacy] Aha! Starbucks will be doing location-based advertising after all

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 9/5/07, Richard M. Smith <rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:

> Even worse, the assumption of the inevitability of "location based"
> advertising, which will become possible when cell phones become miniature
> tracking devices as mandated by the federal government, is offensive to some
> people.
>
> "I hate it," says Mark Flolid, co-founder of SignalSoft, which makes mobile
> software. "It's overused and smacks right up against privacy issues. If
> that's the only service [that makes use of someone's location], God help
> us."

Doesn't seem to require knowledge of your location so much as your
wifi device being within range. They should be able to pull the same
off with laptops...
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