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Pretty good execution. We recently build something pretty similar for keeping track of who was in our office and where they were (partial write-up here: http://matthewmacleod.co.uk/blog/passive-wifi-tracking.html) - strictly opt-in, but we still had to wrestle with the privacy implications.

Problem is, this is a really effective and totally passive system with great benefits. But privacy-wise, it's scary.



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