Shopping Malls Can Now Track You

A new company in the U.K. is using special devices to track a shopper’s every move, in order to determine what stores are visited, how long they remain there, and what route they took, according to MocoNews. The company making the devices is called Path Intelligence.

Here’s how it works: cell phones normally ping the carrier networks every couple of minutes, even when you’re not using them, in order to check in and re-establish your location.

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