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Your Cell Phone Is Tracking You
PollGuy writes "I had never heard until this article in the New York Times (sacrifice of first born required) about services that let regular people track the locations of other regular people via their cell phones. Nor this: 'A federal mandate that wireless carriers be able to locate callers who dial 911 automatically by late 2005 means that millions of phones already keep track of their owners' whereabouts.'"
Its possible to track the location of people who have landlines too. It's called a phone book.
You're right, I wouldn't steal a car. But if it were possible, I sure as hell would download one!
Jerold Surdahl, 40, an administrator in a building management office in Centerville, Ohio, said he started using the uLocate service to communicate with colleagues. Now, he is intrigued by the possibility of stashing a location-tracking phone in the trunk of his wife's car.
"I'm not expecting or hoping or wanting to find something, but I would just like to explore the possibilities," Mr. Surdahl said. "I'd tell her about it later."
Umm.. can you say BUSTED? Having your name and your intentions printed in the NYT pretty much ensures your secret is out.
BTW, whats with all these controlling people? Relationships are about trust. If you can't trust someone to tell you where they were, then something more serious is wrong.
-molo
Using your sig line to advertise for friends is lame.
It's incredibly informative that I bought a phone. How would you have known otherwise?
We should make cell phones really small.. kinda triangular shaped.. and pin them to our chest! We can have a speakerphone system and voice recognition, you can just tap it and speak!
And now people can go "Computer, locate Liutenant Worf."
Err.
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.