On: Sniffing tool for capturing WiFi location data dis...

[deepinsand]

You could install this in a retail store to get competitive intel on where your customers have previously browsed or been

[tagabek → deepinsand]

Something like this seems... illegal. Isn't this type of data farming only allowed after explicit permission of the user?

[evan_ → tagabek]

What would be illegal about it? The phone is advertising the MACs, just the same as if you wore a shirt that had your home address on it.

[rmc → evan_]

Storing personally identifiable data about people is covered and controlled by EU Data Protection law. Broadly, you have to have a legitimate, legal, proportional reason for storing personal data on people. You probably need their consent.

[deepinsand → tagabek]

Sadly this has already been happening for a while: http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/21/euclid-the-google-analytics...