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IP: Some Privacy Concerns Rise as Plans For Tracking Cell-Phone Users Unfold
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 07:48:47 -0500
From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com> To: "Dave e-mail pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: Some Privacy Concerns Rise as Plans For Tracking Cell-Phone Users Unfold Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 00:48:12 -0800 http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB942974487363042509.htm Some Privacy Concerns Rise as Plans For Tracking Cell-Phone Users Unfold By NICOLE HARRIS Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL NEW YORK -- The federal government wants your phone company to know where you are when you use your wireless phone. That's prompting privacy advocates to warn that cell phones may become high-tech snoop engines. The Federal Communications Commission has mandated that all wireless-service providers be able to pinpoint the location of a wireless 911 call within 100 feet by October 2001. The intention is to solve a problem that has frustrated stranded drivers and crime victims alike: Safety officials today have no way of quickly determining the exact origin of a wireless 911 call. Also, in August, the agency said wireless carriers must provide law enforcement officials wielding court orders with the location of the communications tower connecting a cell-phone call at the beginning and end of the call. That move came in response to requests from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law-enforcement agencies. <snip> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Geoff_Goodfellow () iconia com, Prague CZ * tel/mobil +420 (0)603 706 558 "Success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html
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