Starting on Black Friday and running through New Years day. Two malls, one in California, and one in Virginia, are going to be tracking people's cell phones and monitoring their movement by the signals from their cell phones.
Read the article to find out more. (it is linked above)
For the purpose that they are researching, I think this is a pretty good idea, but it still will worry a lot of people.
Do you think this is a good idea? Why?How do you think they could do it in a better way?
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Its a good way to reseach, but if they don't get people's permission then it seems like its limiting your personal space.
That's almost kind of an invasion of privacy in a way. I wouldn't want someone to be tracking my phone. Are they asking the people if it's alright or are they just doing it? That would be wrong if they were just doing it without asking the people if it's alright.
no because they could be doing other stuff when tracking your phone.
Thats a little bit scary that they can do that... i dont think they should that would probably upset a lot of people! I wouldnt like it i know that!
that's kinda crazy i think. a little bit too much i'd say! i wish i could go black friday shopping but i gotta work!
That would be wierd to know that someone is watching where you go. It is a good idea for research though.
Well I hope that they are asking the people for permission because without asking for permission they probably would be breaking some kind of law that would make a lot of people not very happy. I would be kind of neat to see where all you went throughout the holidays though.
i dont think they should track the peoples phones.