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Using Cell Phones to Track Traffic

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the simple-and-brilliant dept.

msh210 writes "The AP has reported (with additional information from KMOX-AM) that the Missouri Dept. of Transportation will be teaming up with a private company to track in-use cell phones on Missouri highways and state roads in an effort to monitor traffic flow. Individual information will not be stored, they say -- only the aggregate will be studied, using "sophisticated" math. (See also findlaw.com's commentary on privacy concerns. "

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  1. You see son... by Eli+Gottlieb · · Score: 0, Troll

    this is why we keep our cellular phones powered off whenever we're not using them. So the retarted tyrants can't find us.

  2. Re:Does powering off work? by ohmypolarbear · · Score: 0, Troll
    if by "off" you mean "not making a call"....

    with the receiver off, how will your phone know it's getting a call?
    with the transmitter off, how will the towers know where to route the signal?

    if by "off" you mean "powered off"...

    what is accomplished by leaving the clock on? It's trivial to receive a timecode as part of the initial handshake with a tower.
    why would the phone need to scan for keyboard input?
    why would it be storing instructions or data in its volatile (working) memory?