Increased loss of privacy with mobile phones
Posted by creining | Filed under Security
Whoa, if you’re on the Nextel network and the mark…err friend/family member/coworker has a compatible phone, you can track their movement with http://www.ulocate.com. So I know that the “reason” this functionality (specifically GPS) was placed in mobile phones by their makers was due to assisting emergency response personnel (911, etc) in finding callers due to US federal mandate. The larger implication should be obvious, the ability for big brother to track people and place them at certain locations and times. Hopefully, this technology/data will be adequately secured, responsibly used, and not abused by big brother like GM’s OnStar. However, the only way to truly protect privacy is to not collect this information in the first place.
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