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In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 17:31:07
on Tue, 29 Nov 2011, Ibrahim Hasan <[log in to unmask]> writes
>US Malls Track Shoppers’ mobiles to Gather Marketing Data: 
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>http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/11/malls-track-phone-signals/

But: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/29/cellphone_tracking_nixed/

>Note the technology is from a British Company.
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>Could be in the UK soon

This article claims it has been for years..

<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2067187/Privacy-
invasion-Shops-secretly-track-snooping-mobile.html>
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Roland Perry

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