On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
Eventually the cellphones will be able to tell another phone approx where they are. Remember the 911-locator fascism?
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Do any models let YOU decide to send your location to ANOTHER phone?
Mine, an Samsung I330 PDA/Phone (actually a rebranded Handspring) allows you to selectively *disable* non-lea queries. Based upon this, I do not believe that the system is broadcast-based, but rather operates solely upon a query-response model.
Do any models even let YOU know your OWN approx location (to within that 100m Fedfascist standard)?
Mine does not, but I understand that there are models now coming into the market which do.
I'm fully aware the pigs track you unless the battery is removed or you have a TEMPEST case.
Hrmmm... Cell Phone. TEMPEST Case. What's wrong with this picture??? -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org "...justice is a duty towards those whom you love and those whom you do not. And people's rights will not be harmed if the opponent speaks out about them." Osama Bin Laden