Editing Walmart (section)

===App spyware via bluetooth===
Walmart uses a technology called ''[[bluetooth beacon]],'' a technology often found in physical retail locations used for precise indoor positioning<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 Jan 2024 |title=What You Must Know About Bluetooth Beacons Before Purchasing in 2025 |url=https://mapsted.com/blog/what-you-must-know-about-bluetooth-beacons-before-purchasing |website=Mapsted}}</ref>, particularly those with the Walmart app installed<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Kwet |first=Michael |title=In Stores, Secret Surveillance Tracks Your Every Move |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluetooth-wireless-tracking-privacy.html |website=The New York Times}}</ref>. The technology works with a device often hidden on the top of shelving units inside of retail store that then connects with the smartphone device often through retailer apps, though this may include other spyware apps not owned by the actual retailer<ref name=":2" />. While many advertisers often use cellphone towers and GPS to track and advertise to consumers based on their location, bluetooth beacons are significantly more precise, particularly indoors where they are used in many places like airports and shopping malls<ref name=":2" />. This allows companies like Walmart to send precise location data of customers to third-party advertisers, allowing highly specific targeted ads depending on what aisle the customer happens to be standing in<ref name=":2" />.