Wireless Charging: A Surprising New Way To Track You?

‘We don’t normally think of charging our phones as a two-way street.

Plug in your device and you get energy, end of story. The most you’ll pay is a few more dimes on your electricity bill, and that’s if you’re at home.

But in a public space like an airport or cafe where free, wireless charging stations are now being set up by Powermat, the price will be a little bit of your data.

Powermat is one of the leading vendors of wireless charging technology. Last year it struck a deal with Starbucks to install its charging stations inside the company’s coffee shops across the United States and in the U.K.’

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