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Microsoft Tries To Charm EU With Future Visions

Posted by Zonk on from the we-love-teh-future dept.

RedStar writes "BBC Online has a piece on Microsoft's visions of the future as shown to Euro MPs in a charm operation." From the article: "This is more a new concept than a new technology, and the real version may still be a year or two away. It would track the mobile phone signals of loved ones, then cross-reference which mobile cell they were in with pre-programmed locations, like the home, school, or workplace. Ms Sellen added: 'This is not very specific at all about where people are, and that's deliberate. We don't want to invade people's privacy too much, so we deliberately keep things very coarse grained.'"

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  1. Trust the untrusted to monitor the trusted! by ThatGeek · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So we are going to let an untrustworthy company (Microsoft), stalk our family members (hopefully trust worthy)?

    I am happy that Microsoft has decided that they "don't want to invade people's privacy too much", just a little bit. Unfortunately, the 100000 people who hack the system the day after it comes out might not be so generous.

    Am I the only one who thinks that some pedophile is going to hack into the system and then start snatching kids?

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  2. Re:Mix that..... by LetterRip · · Score: 4, Interesting

    [QUOTE]..or a criminal's worst nightmare.[/QUOTE]

    Mr Criminal leaves the Cell phone at home, or turns it off, or blocks the signal. Hmmm there went your ability to track him. This will at best catch the extraordinarily stupid or crimes of passion. Both of which are pretty easy to catch right now.

    LetterRip