Re: Tracking with ultrasound beacons. Web Audio API privacy considerations need updating? from Karl Dubost on 2015-11-12 (public-audio@w3.org from October to December 2015)

From: Karl Dubost <karl@la-grange.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 07:08:56 +0900
To: "Lukasz Olejnik (W3C)" <lukasz.w3c@gmail.com>
Cc: "public-privacy (W3C mailing list)" <public-privacy@w3.org>, public-audio@w3.org
Message-Id: <E4B302A7-B8CF-49BC-8150-6E79BA47EBFE@la-grange.net>

Le 13 nov. 2015 à 06:18, Lukasz Olejnik (W3C) <lukasz.w3c@gmail.com> a écrit :
> It supposedly uses ultrasound beacons via speakers, emitted by scripts on websites. These can then be detected by smartphone apps.

See this 2011 PhD thesis about sensors in smartphone (including audio ones)
http://sensorlab.cs.dartmouth.edu/pubs/miluzzo-phd-dissertation.pdf


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