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Re: GPS and cell phones
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lyle Seaman)
Wed May 10 15:09:53 2000
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Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 13:18:28 -0400
From: Lyle Seaman <lws@spinnakernet.com>
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This is e911 service.
Much as I dislike government intrusion, I sure would like to have a
device with a button that says "call help and *tell them where I am*"
Flanagannn@aol.com wrote:
>
> I came across this in my local newspaper and figured it might be of some
> interest. Earlier, on this thread, I received an email regarding Motorola's
> patents and the government using that information to track cell phones. It
> seems they have expanded their power a bit:
>
> "Manufacturers of cellular telephones, who will be required by the Federal
> Communications Commission next year to make sure all cell phones are capable
> of revealing their positions, will benefit from the increased accuracy as
> well."
> -Baltimore Sun (Monday, May 8, 2000)
>
> The article mentioned accuracy is now around 48 to 60 feet of resolution due
> to the decrypting of civilian GPS signals.
>
> Bob
