From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 20:00:50 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: Calif Leads US with Mobile Tracker
Message-ID: <199809190059.CAA27983@replay.com>
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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.