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Windsor on an ‘upward trajectory’ as more unique visitors drawn to downtown, cellphone data shows (www.saltwire.com)

submitted 3 months ago by RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ca

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I found this creepy article from Nova Scotia about tracking cellphone traffic. Apparently, the company hired to do the analysis can tell someone's age and income level from cellphone data.

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[–] pasdechance@jlai.lu 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That is creepy. I've been to Windsor dozens of times. I didn't know there was a downtown.

They do the same thing with buses in my city and it is "opt-out" which is unfair because you have to search everywhere to find out how to opt-out and then copy-paste your MAC address. Not very user-friendly...

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Downtown area is small. But lots of amazing food places, and A Casino if you like that sort of thing. Downtown used to be popular 20+ years ago but its been slowly atrophying with tons of closed businesses since

[–] pasdechance@jlai.lu 1 points 3 months ago

I did know about the food, but not the casino. I grew up about 30 minutes from Windsor and we did go every other weekend to eat.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

Downtown - blink and you'll miss it.

Providing a MAC address is a major hassle. Even worse when the phone randomizes it.