FCC Wants to Track Wireless

pin_gween writes "According to an article on ZDNet, the FCC wants the ability to track Wi-fi accessible phones like the ZyXel phone. The FCC's June report talked about several ways of realizing a caller's location: 'creating an "inventory" of every Wi-Fi access point in the United States, engaging in "mapping and triangulation" of those access points, compiling an "access jack inventory" for wired VoIP users, or even mandating that Net phones include GPS.'"

Comments

I'd like to keep better track of the FCC

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd like all the policy-makers at the FCC to be outfitted with monitoring devices which publish their location 24 hours a day on a website. We need to know where they are all the time because there is a significant danger of them doing things which imperil our Constitution, democracy, freedom, privacy and security. For example, if the website indicates that an FCC policymaker is in the vicinity of Washington DC that would be a helpful indicator that it's time for me to contact my representatives. Also if I see that these FCC policymakers are visiting certain corporations, that could be helpful information. Finally, putting them under 24-hour surveillance would help them better understand the potential drawbacks of invading the privacy of all the rest of America.

Re:Quick, here's your cue!

[aergern]

Ok, you Windows virus spreading, redneck sister fucking tightass.. I'm sure you'd have loved and welcomed Hitler and turned in your neighbors if they did anything that scared you or that you didn't understand.

Getting on a slippery slope

[danila]

Why do people insist on solving every problem with technology? Why waste government money on fancy-shmancy GPS devices when the authorities can simply mandate the routes which every trustworthy citizen should following when going from home to work, from work to the mall and from the mall back home.

Actually, now that I think about it, this solution can be extended to protect the environment and decrease US dependence on foreign oil. While not go away with the "going" bit all together? If we combine work and home in a single location, the problem of tracking everyone (in case of a 911 emergency) becomes much easier. I even found a good name for these comfortable mixed business-residencial zones. We can call them labour sites. Or may be labour camps.