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Cell Tracking on the Rise

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the it's-ten-o'clock-do-you-know-where-your-pants-are dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet is reporting that with the recent advances in cell phone tracking tech more and more companies are using it to keep track of their employee's movements. From the article: 'The gains, say the converted, are many, ranging from knowing whether workers have been "held up" in the pub rather than in a traffic jam, to being able to quickly locate staff and reroute them if necessary. Not everybody is happy about being monitored, however, and civil rights group Liberty says the growth of tracking raises data privacy concerns.'"

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  1. Isn't this a marketing opportunity.... by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... for the US. Govt.? They could recoupe some of the development and deployment costs of their spy technology. Sell a complete Software/Hardware package for small operators and call it: Echelon (TM), Corporate edition.
     
    .... Uhummmmm...... Now where did I leave that copy of 1984?????

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    1. Re:Isn't this a marketing opportunity.... by 1u3hr · · Score: 5, Funny
      Now where did I leave that copy of 1984?????

      In the drawer of the table in the alcove, comrade.

  2. Re:Solution by CaptainZapp · · Score: 5, Funny
    nah, leave it on in your desk draw after diverted it... that way you're still busy working back late. :)

    Nah, glue the phone to the next plane to Brasil, or another country with lenient extradition treaties.

    This should give the accounting department and the comptroller some pause.

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  3. Re:Easy solution by meatflower · · Score: 2, Funny

    Remove the battery? And if it STILL tracks you with some kind of magic internal power device get a plastic bag with triple walled aluminum foil...no signal is getting out of there!

  4. Re:Of course i'd complain by AkA+lexC · · Score: 0, Funny

    agreed.

    mind you, in the uk, we have a new scheme where paedophiles are put in teaching jobs around the country. i think its Tony Blairs way of reminding them what they've done

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    -AlexC
  5. Re:lame excuses by Skythe · · Score: 1, Funny

    *creates cute little tinfoil hat for mobile phone*

  6. Re:Of course i'd complain by swilver · · Score: 5, Funny
    What exactly are you up to which you dont want us to know about?
    It could be anything, if you want to find out sign up for my webcam for $50/hour.
  7. Re:Tracking. Good? Bad? Ugly? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't want them to know where I went to dinner with my girlfriend.


    Ah I see, you're being hypothetical here!
  8. It's a short-term problem by ben_1432 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't worry if your employer can track your whereabouts. Soon Google will release GoogleTracker, which will be a beta service you can route your calls through.

    Of course, by using GoogleTracker you agree to allow non-humans to listen to your calls, for the purpose of identifying relevant ads.

    Privacy advocates are satisfied that Google will not track your movement. They are satisfied that Google already knows everything about you. Google spokesmen have reinforced this, saying, "Monitoring your calls would be like triple-wiping. There's only a slim chance we'll get more dirt from you."

  9. Re:Outrageous by spot35 · · Score: 4, Funny

    All the words in parent post are english, I can see that, but...

  10. wait... by daft_one · · Score: 1, Funny

    What happened on November 9, 2001?