Rubbish bins are out to get you (in London)

[johnb]

London's Hi-Tech (Smart) rubbish bins are harvesting the MAC address, proximity, speed, duration and manufacturer of smart phones in the vicinity. So far they have collected data from 4,009,676 devices, 530,000 of which are unique.

http://www.itpro.co.uk/mobile/20380/london%E2%80%99s-rubbish-bins-track-smartphone-users?_mout=1&utm_campaign=itpro_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter

[Stillhomewardbound]

Off the back of your link, JohnB, I have posted in the Politics thread accordingly:

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?9101-The-Invasive-Technology-amp-Retail-Powers-Act-2013

[mangerton]

What about the Keep Left signs?

[Padraig]

http://www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://woodzickwrites.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/get-smart-don-adams.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://woodzickwrites.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/get-smart-grandma/&h=450&w=361&sz=30&tbnid=aHudh9O4FIAzxM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=73&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dget%2Bsmart%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=get+smart&usg=__ZQhNncaJFyUtBFLR3OUnd0NLv3g=&docid=nr0biap7pI-KwM&hl=en-GB&sa=X&ei=qnQKUtTIHMqa1AXDiYCoAw&ved=0CJABEP4dMA0#imgdii=_

[Old Grumpy]

London's Hi-Tech (Smart) rubbish bins are harvesting the MAC address, proximity, speed, duration and manufacturer of smart phones in the vicinity. So far they have collected data from 4,009,676 devices, 530,000 of which are unique.

http://www.itpro.co.uk/mobile/20380/...rce=newsletter

Won't catch me mate:

1) I don't have a smartphone

2) My phone is switched off - except when I want to use it