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+This code has been developed within the ANR MITIK project for research purposes. 
+It is released under the license [GNU General Public License v3.0 or later](https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-or-later.html). 
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+**Please be advised that we do not intend to maintain this code. As such, while you are welcome to explore and utilize it for academic or research purposes, we cannot guarantee ongoing support or updates. Use of this code is at your own discretion, and we encourage you to exercise caution and discretion in its adaptation.**
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+If you plan to use this code in your work, we kindly request that you cite the following paper:
+1. Fernando Molano Ortiz, Abhishek Kumar Mishra, F. D. de M. Silva, Nadjib Achir, Aline Carneiro Viana, et al.. Collecte de traces WiFi publiques: de la protection de la vie privée à l'analyse de trajectoires. CoRes 2024 - 9èmes Rencontres Francophones sur la Conception de Protocoles, l'Évaluation de Performance et l'Expérimentation des Réseaux de Communication, May 2024, Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, France. pp.1-4. https://hal.science/hal-04568193
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 # **Introduction**
 
 The MITIK project proposal is to carry out non-intrusive passive measurements to analyze the mobility of users through contacts while they are moving. For that, the goal is to use probe request packets from off-the-shelf mobile devices with wireless communication (specifically Wi-Fi). To ensure GPDR compliance, a data anonymization/sanitization process is carried out so that probe requests are received by the _sniffers_ [4]. The system, as a whole, is composed of an architecture that comprises three phases, as shown in Figure 1.