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Phone or Tracking Device?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the one-for-the-paranoids dept.

Red Wolf writes "The first major commercial service that traces people's locations using their mobile phones -- mapAmobile -- is designed more to ease the minds of worried parents and suspicious bosses than to enable unauthorised spying."

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  1. This is why... by sahonen · · Score: 4, Funny

    I keep my cell phone encased in lead.

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  2. Re:In the name of security by trompete · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hopefully, they will have some sort of limitation where only the account holder of the phone can activate this service. I don't need any psycho ex-girlfriends knowing where I am at all times!!

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  3. I would love by Liquorman · · Score: 5, Funny

    to use this when waking up after a huge drinking binge to find out where the hell I am.

  4. Hmmm.... by Bob+Vila's+Hammer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you see me now? Can you see me now?

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  5. Re:You're not being paranoid enough by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

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    In other news: Sales in tin-foil up 5%! Film at 11.

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  7. Re:In the name of security by trompete · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is a common misconception: that all Slashdot readers are l33ty Mc. l33ts. Some of us are real-world people who just like to get our nerd news.
    As for the psycho ex-girlfriends...they show up in the access_log of my Apache server all the time.

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  8. What's the big deal? by Txiasaeia · · Score: 3, Funny

    My telecom is always able to track me if i'm using my phone. Of course, I have a landline...

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