Malls track shoppers' cell phones on Black Friday

[Javaman]

http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/22/technology/malls_track_cell_phones_black_friday/index.htm?iid=HP_LN

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Attention holiday shoppers: your cell phone may be tracked this year.

Starting on Black Friday and running through New Year's Day, two U.S. malls -- Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va. -- will track guests' movements by monitoring the signals from their cell phones.

While the data that's collected is anonymous, it can follow shoppers' paths from store to store.

The goal is for stores to answer questions like: How many Nordstrom shoppers also stop at Starbucks? How long do most customers linger in Victoria's Secret? Are there unpopular spots in the mall that aren't being visited?

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[hobbit709]

1. Simple solution. Don't go to a mall or turn phone off.

[HappyMe]

2. Shut the phone off.

:shrug: