From: wcs@anchor.ho.att.com (bill.stewart@pleasantonca.ncr.com +1-510-484-6204)
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 01:28:36 PDT
To: michael.shiplett@umich.edu
Subject: Re: Position Escrow System
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But for now, the auxiliary Portable Position Escrow Devices (cellphones,
to mix in the OJ thread) augment the satellite support.
Under no circumstances shoudl citizen-units be permitted to put their
PPEDs in moving vehicles driven by other people; fortunately,
existing littering laws prevent people from tossing their cellphones
into moving pickup trucks, and the forthcoming ban on Gun Transportation
Devices should eliminate pickup trucks before the population as a whole notices.
Meanwhile, plans to restrict citizen-units to their Position Escrow Zones
unless carrying PPEDs are being evaluated, and a cost-benefit analysis
versus enhancing the planned SmartCard systems will be forthcoming.

... And they think we're just working for the Post Office....