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Cell phone study raises privacy issues

Discussion in 'Cellular - Voice - Data' started by Baack, Jun 5, 2008.

  1. Jun 5, 2008 #1
    Baack

    Baack Road Train Member

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    Study tracking people via cell phone raises privacy issues
    Northeastern University researchers determine people tend to stay close to home for months at a time by tracking 100,000 cell phone users in an undisclosed industrial nation outside the U.S.
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    What really worries me is big brothers ability to track us at any time
    Yes I realize it has been used to solve crimes
     
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  3. Jun 6, 2008 #2
    BobC

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    Most newer cphones have a gps receiver in them.
    Unless you disable it, you are giving up your location all the time.

    Usually buried in the menus of each phone is a command to only provide gps location during a 911 call.
    Some phones default to gps always on, others don't.

    Research into using your cphone as a speed detection device is ongoing.
    It's proven to work well enough to use regularly.

    The govmt, thru CALEA, is legally able to wiretap a cphone &/or track it.
    Supposedly, wiretapping laws prevent abuses & random listening.
     
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