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UCSD Students Tracking Their Friends' Locations

Posted by timothy on from the after-my-own-heart dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "The location-tracking software, developed by a 15-year-old student at the university, draws upon triangulation technology. The PDAs figure out their locations by comparing the strength levels of signals traveling from the devices to various Wi-Fi antennas. No GPS Required. Article from Salon here..."

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  1. ummm... by Xaoswolf · · Score: 5, Insightful
    "Maybe students aren't out of the closet and don't want people to know they're going to the Gay & Lesbian Resource Center. Maybe you're cheating on your girlfriend and you don't want her to know you're in somebody else's dorm room. It's creepy Big Brother."

    Gee, instead of leaving this tracking device in my desk, I'll take it with me when I decide to do something wrong.

    If you wind up getting caught because you have one of these on you, then its you're own fault. Unless it's actually wired to you, then just leave it at home. This isn't big brother stuff, more like his little cousin's.

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    Xaotik Designs