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Re: What Location Tracking Looks Like

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Post by fbailey » Wed, Mar 30, 2011, 1:37 PM UTC

chrisjsmith wrote: post #38

fbailey wrote: post #36

I actually met him at the start of this (Erlangen), it feels even more weird if you think about how much data you can correlate if you have more than one persons data. This could be big - you will probably get millions of funding even pre launch.

At the cost of violating everyone's right to privacy? It should not be a cash cow if it's as unethical as that.

I totally agree - it was a joke on color

Re: What Location Tracking Looks Like

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Post by chrisjsmith » Wed, Mar 30, 2011, 1:52 PM UTC

fbailey wrote: post #41

chrisjsmith wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the cost of violating everyone's right to privacy? It should not be a cash cow if it's as unethical as that.

I totally agree - it was a joke on color

If I got color, I'd understand the joke!

Re: What Location Tracking Looks Like

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Post by atlantic » Wed, Mar 30, 2011, 3:12 PM UTC

re1s wrote: post #13

This is insane. Can this information be used in court? The information here is inconclusive ( https://www.eff.org/issues/cell-tracking ), but I'm surprised I've not heard of a case where this sort of data was presented as evidence?

Don't forget that it's not actually your position that is being tracked - it is the position of your mobile phone device, which could be carried by someone else. As such, that limits its value in court.