Cellular phone tracing

[jim bell]

At 05:49 PM 9/6/96 EDT, E. Allen Smith wrote:
>	From comp.risks:
>
>Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 22:24:13 -0400 (EDT)
>From: glassman at sunsite.unc.edu
>Subject: FedEx monitoring of cellular phonecall locations
>
>[...] nowhere near either of those places, so I did not bother to mention my
>current location to the operator. The next day, Saturday, I called FedEx
>with the same cell phone from Blowing Rock to arrange the pickup. The
>operator immediately asked if I wanted them to come to the intersection that
>I had placed my call from the day before.
>
>Two days later, a FedEx operator confirmed that they are getting "new
>systems" at some locations that are able to record the locations from which
>cellular calls are placed.
>
>I have now asked Cellular One three times to explain to me why they do not
>tell subscribers that they pass this location information through the
>system, but to no avail. [...]
>
>========== end fwd.


You should DEFINITELY start worrying when the FexX operator says something 
like, "I see you're the guy in the red shirt and brown pants."

Jim Bell
jimbell at pacifier.com