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A sign on the revolving entrance to a European airport, one sign among many, says \u201cthe airport employs wi-fi and bluetooth tracking; your privacy is ensured\u201d. The vast majority of people have no idea what this is, and just see it as one sign among many like \u201cno smoking\u201d. But this cryptic term is an indoor mass real-time positioning for every individual in the area at the sub-footstep level, and the airport knows who many of the individuals are.<\/p>\n

When your mobile phone has wifi activated, it transmits a network identity signal \u2013 a MAC address<\/em> \u2013 continuously in asking its environment for which Wi-Fi networks are available in the area, looking for known networks to connect to. It is possible to use a network of wi-fi base stations in a limited area to pinpoint the exact physical location of your phone in that physical area \u2013 by comparing the signal strength of your phone\u2019s identity ping from multiple stations receiving it, and knowing where those stations are, your phone\u2019s location can be calculated in microseconds with sub-footstep accuracy. And as your phone keps pinging its environment to search for wi-fi networks, the end effect is that your movements are tracked basically down to the footstep level in physical space and the second level on the timeline. <\/p>\n

We know this because it caught some rare attention when the sub-footstep individual realtime tracking was rolled out citywide<\/a> in a mid-size town in Europe, and was cracked down on by that state\u2019s Privacy Board (thankfully).<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take that again: sub-footstep-level identified realtime tracking has already been in place in major cities at the city level.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why it\u2019s positively infuriating<\/em> to see this vague statement on an airport door, and knowing what it means, but also knowing that it has been deliberately worded to make 99% of people even reading it<\/em> not understand what it means. And most people won\u2019t even read it.<\/p>

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\u201cThis terminal uses a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-based tracking system. Your privacy is ensured.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Your privacy is ensured \u201cbecause we say so\u201d, apparently.<\/p>\n

It gets worse. Your phone is continuously broadcasting its MAC address, right? But the airport has no way of knowing which MAC address belongs to which person, right? So even though this is bad, the airport doesn\u2019t know how you<\/em> moved, when, and where, and how fast, and with whom\u2026 right?<\/p>\n

Except, the tracking is done with a Wi-Fi network,<\/em> remember? Which you can and will connect to, because it broadcasts the name \u201cFree Airport Wi-Fi\u201d. And the only thing you need to provide this network in order to get free and fast net access, thereby connecting with the very MAC address which has been tracked, is your email address.<\/p>\n

\u2026and suddenly the airport can connect your physical movements to your email address, and therefore most likely to your identity. It now has the ability to know how you moved through the airport, where you ate, whom you met with, for how long, the list that goes on, a list that shouldn\u2019t be there. The only safeguard against it not doing so and using it against you is a vague \u201ctrust us\u201d.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a random small countryside airport, either. It is Amsterdam-Schiphol,<\/strong> which is the 12th largest airport<\/a> in the world, and the third largest in Europe after London-Heathrow and Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle. <\/p>\n

Your privacy remains your own responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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