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Re: Hundreds of millions of GPS receivers
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2009 Dec 18, 09:40 -0700
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2009 Dec 18, 09:40 -0700
On 17 Dec 2009 at 22:13, frankreed@HistoricalAtlas.com wrote: > Of course, GPS sets in smartphones are not functioning as navigation > tools in the literal sense. Their users are not "lost" without them. In > the majority of cases, the GPS data is doing little more than saving the > user from the trouble of fiding the nearest street signs and typing the > address into Google. They're actually doing a bit more than that. Last year alone, Sprint responded to 8 million requests from law enforcement for GPS tracking of individuals through their cell phones. Extrapolating to the other telecoms, that's maybe 40-50 million cases of warrantless surveillance in the U.S. alone. So all those GPS units really are acting as navigation tools; just not for the benefit of the person in possession of the GPS. Ken Muldrew. -- NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com
