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		brianpayne2 on June 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Retail stores use Bluetooth beacons to track custo... Does the BT detection work the same way that WiFi access point scanning works? I know that app developers use this WiFi tech from a client (device) side to determine location, but I am a bit disturbed about the aspect of this being so accurate with BT devices.

ganoushoreilly on June 15, 2019 [–]

Yes passive signal detection behaves like this. Apple uses passive and active Bluetooth in their stores to determine what products you are looking at.

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