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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. Simple Solution by Kawahee · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you're not doing anything wrong then there's nothing to worry about.

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  2. Re:Outrageous by aussie_a · · Score: 1, Troll

    And when every employer in the country does it, how will you feed your kids? "Well kids, daddy doesn't want to be tracked, but us workers have no rights. So I'll be feeding you lost dreams and frayed hope for dinner tonight."

  3. Re:Of course i'd complain by AkA+lexC · · Score: -1, Troll

    To me at least, there seems an obvious and wide gap between the tracking of your location and watching you on the toliet- but whatever turns you on i suppose

    The liberal view is always to reduce how much is known about people, yet when crimes are committed we all expect swift justice. We are all tracked every day of our lives, unless you dont own: a mobile phone, a credit card, a car, a house, a computer, etc.

    What exactly are you up to which you dont want us to know about?

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    -AlexC