Your cellphone can be used to track you
I am as married to my cellphone as any other modern American, but we often don't think about what we are trading for the convenience.
For instance, have you ever thought how your signal can be used to track you? That if you use the phone, it can be used to find your location?
This reality is comforting if you're lost, but it is more menacing if you value your privacy.
If you doubt that cellphones can be used this way, maybe you should check out this study.
For instance, have you ever thought how your signal can be used to track you? That if you use the phone, it can be used to find your location?
This reality is comforting if you're lost, but it is more menacing if you value your privacy.
If you doubt that cellphones can be used this way, maybe you should check out this study.
Old news. Nothing new about this. This technology has been used to help convict murderers - Scott Peterson comes to mind. If you want to be lost, turn your cell phone off. The benefits of this capability outweigh the negatives. If you don't want to be located, turn your phone off. Besides, who is really tracking this stuff unless it is proven later something happened?
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I was just reporting on the study. I, too, already assumed cell phones can get traced if they are turned on.
What if it doesn't matter if they are turned on though? What if just carrying the thing identifies you?
As for tracing people, you're right, not many people warrant being traced. My daily activities, if truth be told, are fairly boring--work, coffee shop, supermarket, train station, et al. However, it does creep me out that someone most definitely can trace me if they wish.
One of the most horrifying movies I have seen in the last 15 years was the apparently forgotten Enemy of the State with Will Smith. Do you remember that one? Back then I thought it was frightening for what it implied; today I know it is frightening because it probably understates surveillance capabilities.
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