trip to the ER with your phone may mean injury lawyer ads for weeks approve

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: May 29, 2018 at 1:06:04 PM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] A trip to the ER with your phone may mean injury lawyer ads for weeks
>
>
> A trip to the ER with your phone may mean injury lawyer ads for weeks
>
> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/injury-lawyers-push-ads-to-patients-phones-when-they-go-to-geofenced-ers/
>
>    Law firms are using geofencing in hospital emergency rooms to
>    target advertisements to patients' mobile devices as they seek
>    medical care, according to Philadelphia public radio station
>    WHYY. Geofencing can essentially create a digital perimeter
>    around certain locations and target location-aware devices
>    within the borders of those locations. Patients who
>    unwittingly jump that digital fence may see targeted ads for
>    more than a month, and on multiple devices, the outlet notes.
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