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Collaborating bots can use radio signal characteristics of WLANs to determine a
user's location with relative accuracy using triangulation techniques. This
information, in combination with other extracted personal information can lead
to considerable privacy leaks. Specifically, bots can use this information to
infer user behavior. For example, information on entertainment habits,
political orientation, medical information can be potentially derived.