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Re: GPS phones confiscated from reporters in Iraq

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Gilmore)
Mon Mar 31 16:33:23 2003

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:13:49 -0800
From: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>

> http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99993567

It's nice to see that the US military realizes the terrible possibilities
from tracking the movements of ordinary people (who happen to be soldiers
or with soldiers).

When will they get on the bandwagon demanding that person-tracking
phones be banned -- rather than required -- by the FCC?

	John

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