Cell Tracking on the Rise

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.'"

Comments

Isn't this a marketing opportunity....

[Savage-Rabbit]

... 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?????

Re:Isn't this a marketing opportunity....

[1u3hr]

Now where did I leave that copy of 1984?????

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

Re:Solution

[CaptainZapp]

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.

Re:Of course i'd complain

[swilver]

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