Everybody thinks of stalking in the terms of tracking someone. That's just one of the possible [mis]uses of this device, and I'm surprised to see that no one in the comments has reasoned further. The far more relevant and realistic way to exploit this could be setting it up at a keypoint to monitor when someone for example leaves/enters his or her house. (Scheduling a burglary anyone?)
For close proximity relation ships like jealous ex's this also constitutes a more realistic hazard. In short I would say that this alone does not really pose a security threat, but used in conjunction with more sinister plans it should very much be viewed as atleast plausible.
Awareness is the key issue though. Being aware of the information leak remove the element of surprise from any exploitation of the device.
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Everybody thinks of stalking in the terms of tracking someone. That's just one of the possible [mis]uses of this device, and I'm surprised to see that no one in the comments has reasoned further.
The far more relevant and realistic way to exploit this could be setting it up at a keypoint to monitor when someone for example leaves/enters his or her house. (Scheduling a burglary anyone?)
For close proximity relation ships like jealous ex's this also constitutes a more realistic hazard. In short I would say that this alone does not really pose a security threat, but used in conjunction with more sinister plans it should very much be viewed as atleast plausible.
Awareness is the key issue though. Being aware of the information leak remove the element of surprise from any exploitation of the device.