17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, John Young wrote:
Thanks to John Gilmore.
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KNBC/14920.asp
CHP introduces cellular-friendly 911 system
Operators will now be able to capture the telephone number and location of the caller within a half-block area
While I understand the implications and outrage here, anybody who uses cellular phones as a measure of security is a total idiot. The connections usually aren't encrypted, they're radiated to the rest of the area, and your position can be triangulated (half-ass) if nothing else. With that in mind, maybe this one is actually legitimate. If criminals and/or patriots are that stupid, they'll get caught for something else like driving drunk two states away.