[103015] in Cypherpunks
Re: Calif Leads US with Mobile Tracker
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Fri Sep 18 21:15:18 1998
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 02:59:37 +0200
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
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.
