From: "Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 16:49:27 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Cellular location...
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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 aaron@herringn.com wrote:

> Presented in a "this will help 911" context. Still disconcerting.
> 
> [...]
> Companies working on the technology to track cellular phone calls
> have been given additional incentive with a Federal Communications
> Commission order that all cell phone service companies have location
> programs in place by the year 2001.
> [...]

I wonder how expensive it would be to put a GPS receiver in a cell phone and
have the option to transmit the coordinates on a separate channel.  There
would be little difference between this and forcing cell phone companies to
triangulate every call.  The primary motivation for this is almost certainly
"location escrow" to make it easier for the feds to track drug dealers.


Mark
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