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Baltimore to Test Cell Phone Traffic Monitoring

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the big-brother-is-listening dept.

Momoru writes "The Baltimore Sun is reporting that a Canadian company, Delcan NET, will begin testing a technology that determines the flow of automobile traffic by monitoring cell phone traffic. The company promises a revolutionary way to determine backups, but privacy advocates fear the implications of a third party tracking users by their cell phones."

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  1. Dupe by kryten_nl · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Your kidding, right? You must be.... Please tell me your kidding....
    OMFG, I think he's serious....

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  2. Suggestion by roman_mir · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Honestly, maybe some things are worth being discussed 2-3-4-5 times, so how about introducing a new feature on /. - a pinned story? A story like that would just stay pinned on the front page for a while, and the newer articles would scroll below it.

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  3. CalTrans (california) is already doing this. by natrik · · Score: 2, Interesting

    CalTrans already has a very complicated, however effective, publicly viewable system which, if you read their main page lists "motorist cellular calls" as one of the many sources of information. I was alerted to this site by a vigilant friend concerned about his motorist calls made in and north of L.A. and there may have been some outbursts against this policy, but I know of none.

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    Jeez!