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Apple Debuts iBeacon Location Technology in U.S. Stores

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Transmission through Bluetooth wireless technology gives your phone precise information about where you are in the store, while GPS transmitters don’t work well indoors and don’t distinguish well between locations only a few feet apart. And what about privacy? How is iBeacon different than using GPS for geo-location?

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The Worst And Weirdest IoT Hacks Of All Times

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IoT hacking can be extremely effective, producing DDoS attacks that can cripple our infrastructure, systems, and way of life,“ says Daniel Markuson, the digital privacy expert at NordVPN. “If A hacker got into the wireless camera system used to keep an eye on the baby and threatened to kidnap him. This case is not an exception.

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