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Baltimore to Test Cell Phone Traffic Monitoring

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. Baltimore to Test Cell Phone Traffic Monitoring by CaptainChuck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This system almost certainly measures the aggregate amount of cellular trafic and would not identify individual users, much less tap into their conversations. Except for Democrats snooping on Republicans, which was legal according to the President.