Engineering students at Purdue University have come up with a new method to track traffic: Bluetooth. The students tracked Bluetooth signals from cell phones and other devices carried by football fans as they drove home from a recent Penn State game.
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I mean it's just draining your battery. Then again you only need like a really small %
Until someone gets a hold of your Bluetooth signature and links it to the person, then they are tracking individual peope instead of just the vehicle. The potential for misuse is staggering then, as not only could they track an individuals movements, but who they are travelling/associating with.
- by thepsychofemale March 3, 2009 12:05 AM PST
- IUPU ft.wayne CIS student... I think it's a great idea, like the license plate it would boil down to the name of the person/persons enabling law enforcement to track traffic data that could proove very useful for many cities across the United States. The article states
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(4 Comments)Typically traffic trackers employed the use of camcorders and spotters to record individual license plate numbers on cars as a means of tracking. Your license plate is public information, why not use it ?
www.yourplates.com uses license plates as a unique identifier to send messages to other drivers. If you really think the bluetooth method is 200% less invasive your crazy!!!!