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Tracking People Via Cell Phone
An anonymous reader writes "According to the articleat the Guardian the UK Government have been working on a project to use the widely available mobile phone masts as a form of localised radar to track both people and vehicles without their knowledge.
Supposedly there is even work on the way to give this project the ability to see through walls!
Maybe Philip K. Dick was right to be paranoid about governments."
Ale is not meant to be that cold. The only reason USians like it that way is that it tastes so horrible that you need to numb the taste buds.
I would even argue that the UK gov't is well within it's rights to track UK citizens like this. After all, the gov't pays for their health care for free, right? So they should be keeping tabs on everyone to make sure they don't get hit by a bus or anything that will cause a big expense for taxpayers. The one that pays for the maintenance fees/doctor appointments should be the one in charge of what kind of dangerous activities engaged in, eh wot wot?
And it would appear you are no exception.. from the article: "uses mobile phone masts to allow security authorities to watch..." the key word here being *masts*. Thus invalidating all of your problems with the idea.
I found a new use for my boot. How about I stick it up your candy ass?
Now now, don't get all bent out of shape whenver a new use is found by someone more clever. Just bend over a little.
What do they do about pre-paid mobile phones?
I suspect that you'll see the ability to anonymously buy a mobile phone go away very soon.
To ensure perfect aim, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target
Maybe Philip K. Dick was right to be paranoid about governments.
Was this an attempt to sound clever? If it was, it failed spectacularly, for reasons too numerous to be worthy of explanation.
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