Creepy Motorola patent application seeks to track people who switch phones often

Think twice before buying your next smartphone. 

A Motorola Solutions patent application published on July 4 lays out a method for tracking and identifying customers who frequently change their mobile devices. Why? Well, that would be because individuals who use more than an unspecified number of phones are "potential criminals" — at least according to Motorola. 

The patent application, which was initially filed in 2016, is shocking in its level of presumption and, frankly, creepiness. 

"During operation, a server continuously receives facial recognition data for individuals along with device IDs detected at the time the facial recognition data was obtained," reads the application. "Devices associated with the individual are determined. This process is repeated and a determination is made as to whether the devices associated with the individual have changed." Read more...