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by jonpierce 4700 days ago
Presumably, the location tracking is just a variant of the Wi-Fi-based positioning systems commonly used today.

Whereas the system is normally used to provide a device with its location, here it's used to track the device's location. This requires having a network of Wi-Fi access points sharing data.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_positioning_system