[109289] in Cypherpunks
[FP] Satellites that track people
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vladimir Z. Nuri)
Wed Mar 17 00:03:17 1999
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 99 16:05:40 -0800
From: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>
Reply-To: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>
From: "ScanThisNews" <mcdonalds@airnet.net>
Subject: [FP] Satellites that track people
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:49:17 -0600
To: "ScanThisNews Recipients List" <scan@efga.org>
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1/14/99
All cellular phones now incorporate the same technology discussed below. In
1998 the FCC began requiring cellular service providers to develop systems
that would allow a cell-phone user to be located anywhere within the
coverage area in case the user dials 911. By 2001 the cellular system will
be able to locate a phone within a 125-meter radius.
[see: 'E911' Turns Cell Phones into Tracking Devices]
[http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/9502.html]
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Satellite Offenders
by Joseph Rose
13.Jan.99.PST
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/17296.html
Satellites that track people are no longer reserved for enemies of the
state. Global Positioning System technology is now being used to monitor
convicted criminals on probation, parole, home detention, or work release.
SecurityLink, a subsidiary of telecommunications giant Ameritech, said the
Satellite Monitoring and Remote Tracking system, or SMART, allows
corrections officials to watch an offender's every move. It gives prisons
and jails "the ultimate electronic monitoring solution when they need it
most," said SecurityLink project director Ed Maier.
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"Now, for the first time, we have the technology to monitor an offender's
whereabouts in real time," said Bill Kimberlin, chief probation officer for
the Sandusky Municipal Court in Sandusky, Ohio, which began using SMART two
weeks ago.
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Developed by Pro Tech Monitoring Equipment of Palm Harbor, Florida, SMART
uses the 24-satellite system to track the location of offenders around the
clock. Convicts carry a small tracking device, which receives coordinates
from GPS satellites and communicates them to a monitoring center.
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