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This is relatively low on my list of privacy concerns, being that it seems to be patrolling and surveiling privately owned property.
it literally says it reads shit off your phone/other smart devices, you're being tracked
quick, name a space that isn't
It's good that you're concerned about the data your phone may be revealing to other nearby devices. It's generally a good idea to have bluetooth/wifi/nfc turned off if you're not actively using them. Even without the robot, you have no idea what data companies might be collecting when you're physically on their property.
Why WiFi? They can't get much data from WiFi. If you use a VPN, all they'll see is a bunch of encrypted data going to a VPN server.
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/62124/phones-broadcast-the-ssids-of-all-networks-they-have-ever-connected-to-how-can
I think the lady said they know the IP address of every phone but that doesnt make much sense. anyway, the point was that theyre using the signals from your phone to uniquely identify you. you can simply turn those radios in your phone off when youre not using them.
Interesting, but this question is 10 years old. are you sure android didn't fix this? They released Mac address randomization since then
National Parks?
I think they are more concerned about mass surveillance that is run by nation states or large companies and data brokers. At the end of the day Target can't track you if you don't go to Target. However, Target could buy your data in order to make an ad to get you to go to Target
Radio signals don't recognize property boundaries.
Almost all of your life happens on someone else's private property
Although I imagine once you're in the club of billionaire elites, you'll be really happy to have taken this live and let live approach towards this matter