Brits Being Actively Monitored By Bluetooth Guerilla Government

Jul 23, 2008 by sil in Privacy

A controversial new study that uses Bluetooth technology to track UK citizens, without their knowledge, has come under fire from privacy campaigners.

The Cityware study - has been set up with the objective “to develop theory, principles, tools and techniques for the design, implementation and evaluation of city-scale pervasive systems as integral facets of the urban landscape.”

Big and clever, academic-sounding words, for sure. But what does this actually mean?

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